A two-day health education training program for nursing mothers, organised by the regional health management team at Bansang, recently ended at Kudang and Kerr Auldi villages in the Central River Region.

The aim of the training was to increase public awareness on the importance of clinic attendance by pregnant women and nursing mothers, according to officials.

In his remarks at the start of the training, Momodou Darboe, the regional public health nurse, said the essence of attending reproductive and child health (RCH) regularly during pregnancy was to let the maternal health workers monitor a woman’s pregnancy for normalcy and for the detection and management of any abnormality or complication.

He stated that the aim of the national reproductive and child health program was to promote positive outcome of pregnancies, meaning a healthy, happy mother in a sound mental state.  

For his part, Amadou Kanteh, the regional public health officer,  called on pregnant nursing mothers to visit clinics regularly so that their children receive the necessary immunization they are suppose to get before reaching the age of five. He urged the men folk to support their pregnant partners in terms of transportation so that they can best utilize the health facilities.