Over ten thousand rural women in Gassol Local government area of Taraba state lauded Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (Gavi), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for introducing Mama-to Mama Initiative to support reducing maternal mortality and improving health among women and children in the state.
A rural woman in Gassol, Hajiya Sumayya Aji, while speaking with Journalist during the media field trip to Gassol said the initiative of mama-to-mama by GAVI and the UNICEF has assisted community women across the 16 local government areas of the state of their maternal mortality and improving health among children.
She noted that since the introduction of mama-to-mama initiative, GAVI and UNICEF has improved their access to new and underused vaccines for those of those of them living in poor communities.
She highlighted that mama-to-mama initiative has brought a significant change in the entire Gossal Local government area especially among women and children who are the sole targets of the initiative.
She hinted that before the initiative of mama-to-mama, what they usually do in their community whenever they are sick was to concentrate on taking local herbs.
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