Womanhood Foundation trains 300 traditional birth attendants in Kaduna

A Kaduna-based Non-Governmental Organisation,
Womanhood Foundation, said on Tuesday it had trained over 300 Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) in Kaduna State, as part of efforts to ensure safe motherhood.
The Coordinator of the Foundation, Hajiya Maryam
Abubakar, said in an interview, in Kaduna, that the
beneficiaries were mostly from communities without
health facilities.
Abubakar said the aim was to empower the TBOs to go back to their communities and offer help to pregnant women before, during and after delivery.
She urged the state government to support those
trained with necessary kits to enhance their skills and
support to women at the community level.

According to her, the foundation also train women in
entrepreneurship and facilitate admission for some of
them to study health related courses.
On maternal health, Abubakar explained that the
foundation offers free antenatal care services and
drugs to women.
“We have our hospital, the Womanhood Clinic and
Maternity Home, which assists pregnant women free,”
the coordinator added.
She said the organization also carry out sensitization
programmes for women on the danger signs of
pregnancy, labour and delivery, ” so that when they see these signs they can rush to the hospital.”

“When we train the women, government should assist them with birth kits, to enable them assist other
women in their various communities,” she said.

Abubakar stressed that the foundation also render
support to orphans, children, divorcees and single
mothers, to cope with the vicissitudes of life.
“Most times we pay their WEAC fees and also assist in
offsetting hospital bills for pregnant women,” she said.

Abubakar urged husbands to allow their wives visit
health facilities for antenatal care, to safeguard their
lives and that of the unborn child.