Commendable Efforts to Ensure Mother and Child health

The Central region’s Ministry of Health branch is exerting commendable effort to ensure the health of mothers and children through expanding health service provision institutions and controlling the prevalence of different communicable diseases.

Asmara, 27 February 2016- The Central region’s Ministry of Health branch is exerting commendable effort to ensure the health of mothers and children through expanding health service provision institutions and controlling the prevalence of different communicable diseases.

This was disclosed at an assessment meeting conducted on 24 February.

The head of the branch office, Dr. Tesfai Solomon, indicated that the incidence of malaria is on the verge of eradication and that the prevalence of other major communicable diseases has been significantly reduced.

He further said that the active participation of the public in environmental sanitation campaigns has greatly contributed to the achievements. According to Dr. Tesfai, 92% of the residents in the region have become beneficiaries of latrines, which will significantly reduce the prevalence of communicable diseases.

Maj. Gen. Romodan Awoliai, administrator of the region, stressed the importance of popular initiatives to ensure the health of society and called on the public to sustainably work to that end.

The Minister of Health, Ms. Amina Nurhusein, said that community participation is vital for the success of the efforts being conducted by the ministry, and that strong efforts would be conducted in cooperation with partners.

The Central region has a total of 82 health facilities, including 4 hospitals, 8 health centers, 25 health stations, and 45 clinics.