Zambia: The President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema has pledged to provide improved maternity services in the country. The healthcare of mother and newborns is one of the most important part of the healthcare capacity of the nation.
The President said that he would continue to provide the mothers access to all the facilities that they need. The officials have shared that the members of the community have been looking forward to getting access to these facilities.
President Hakainde Hichilema said government wants all health centres in the country to have a well serviced maternity ward. This will help in ensuring that the mothers can safely give birth to their children in the hospital.
The President made these remarks when a delegation from World Vision led by World Vision president Andrew Morley visited him. The meeting was hosted at State House on Tuesday.
The President appealed to the World Vision to extend their water reticulation services to the health and Education sectors, especially with the shortages caused by drought.
The Head of State stated that the drought experienced in the country’s last farming season has shown the need for the country to invest in water harvesting and sanitation to avoid the negative effects such as food insecurity and energy crisis that have been experienced.
Further visiting World Vision president Andrew Morley also delivered his remarks at the meeting with the President. He disclosed that the World Vision is currently implementing a national strategy to end child hunger and malnutrition in the next two years by feeding 1.5 million children in the country.
Further, Morley stated that the World Vision has so far fed about 75,000 children who have benefited from their school feeding program and that over 240,00 people have benefited from their drought relief food distribution programme.
He highlighted that the World Vision is also focusing on improving water and sanitation in communities and that 131,000 households have benefited from their water harvesting and reticulation programmes countrywide.