UNFPA, Yobe Government trains women on contraceptive management

The United Nations Development Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with Yobe Government, has trained women on Contraceptive Logistic Management Information System (CLMS) in Damaturu. The programme is being implemented through the state’s Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.

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Hajiya Mairo Hassan, the State Reproductive Health and Family Planning Coordinator, disclosed during  a three-day workshop on Wednesday that the training was basically for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Coordinators in the 17 local government areas of Yobe.

Hassan added that it was intended to ensure that the MCH coordinators account for the family planning commodities being used at the service delivery points of the health facilities across all the local government areas.

The representative of UNFPA, Mr Fred Atsenokhari, revealed that the 22 participants for the training were drawn from the state primary healthcare units and MCH coordinators.

NAN/Wumi