- MEETING WITH TRADITIONAL MEDICINE BOARD
In her goal towards healthcare strengthening and reduction of preventable maternal and newborn deaths in Lagos, Abiye Maternal and Child Health International Foundation (AMCH) has had talks with the Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board (LSTMB) on collaboration for training.
Another meeting was held on the 18th March 2022. Present at the meeting were; Mr Kadiku (Registrar LSTMB), Prof. Disu (Executive Director AMCH), Mrs. Orukotan (Representative LSMOH), Dr Olutekunbi (National trainer ENCC/Facilitator/Consultant Paediatrician Massey Street Children Hospital), Dr Oluwabiyi (National trainer ENCC/Facilitator/Consultant Paediatrician Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital), Ms. Aisen (LSTMB member) and Ms. Oremakinde (AMCH Admin Officer).
2. NEONATAL RESUSCITATION TRAINING PROGRAM
AMCH collaborated with the Paediatric Department of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for a Neonatal Resuscitation Training Program for staff of the hospital at LASUTH on the 18th and 19th August 2022 and on the 25th and 26th for other facilities/hospitals in Lagos. Facilitiespresent include: Ikorodu General Hospital, Makog Hospital, Mother and Child Centre, Ajeromi, St. Nicholas Hospital, Faith City Hospital, Isolo General Hospital, Outreach Hospital, Ilorin General Hospital, St. Ives Hospital and Doreen Specialist Hospital.
AMCH’s support included logistics, administration and advice among others.
3. WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK 2022
World Breastfeeding week is commemorated every year on 1st-7th August to raise awareness and sensitize the public on the importance and benefits of breastfeeding. AMCH in collaboration with LASUTH’s departments of Community Health and Primary Health Care and Paediatrics and Child Health raised awareness on breastfeeding and its importance.
AMCH is proud to have encouraged public facilities across the state to commemorate the World Breastfeeding week program in previous years by raising awareness and giving sensitization talks throughout the week at the family and immunisation clinics at these facilities, and glad that the tradition is now keenly upheld. This year, the facilities were able to commemorate the breastfeeding week independently with different programs in an atmosphere of a healthy competition.
4. WORLD PREMATURITY DAY
The World Prematurity Day (WPD) 17th November is a day set aside to raise awareness of preterm deliveries and discuss issues surrounding the welfare of these vulnerable children. It is commemorated worldwide. AMCH International Foundation commemorated World Prematurity Day 2022 at LASUTH with the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Lagos State Ministry of Health. Dr Omolara Kehinde delivered a lecture on Kangaroo Mother Care
Present at the program to give good will messages were; AMCH Chairman, (Dr Olufemi Olugbile), AMCH Patron (Prof. Aba Sagoe), the representative of Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr Folashade Oludara (The Director, Family Health and Nutrition), the representative of the Chief Medical Director, Lagos State UniversityTeaching Hospital, Prof. Adebowale Adekoya (Director, Clinical Services and Training LASUTH) and Prof Idowu Senbanjo (Head of Department, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, LASUTH). A closed-door stakeholders meeting of representatives of healthcare workers from eighteen hospitals around Lagos took place to audit admissions discharged and deaths over the past year.Vibrant discussions on challenges and way forward ensued with networking among participants.
