The Women Health Centre built by Raise Foundation, with the support of Mainstream Foundation in Kontagora has been commissioned by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State.
The modern and well-equipped edifice was built by the wife of Niger State Governor, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello through her Raise Foundation, with the support of Mainstream Foundation as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The centre meant to provide health care services to women affected by Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF), a disease that causes uncontrolled passage of urine by women due to prolonged labour without access to professional healthcare service, will also avail patients the opportunity to learn skills before reintegrating them to their communities.
Commissioning the centre, Governor Abubakar Bello said, the establishment of the centre has reduced the burden on the state government, while calling for more of such support from other private bodies.
Bello urged pregnant women to always go for antenatal and ensure they go to clinic or hospital for child birth, noted that doing so would help eradicate VVF in the State in no distant future.
“We pray that soon we will use this centre as a general health facility because we are hoping that with proper sensitization especially of women in rural areas, they will go to either the primary healthcare or hospital to give birth,” he said.
He gave the assurance to support the project and other similar projects put in place by private Organisations and commended Raise Foundation as well as Mainstream Foundation for providing a state of the arts facility.
Earlier in her remark, the wife of the Governor and founder, Raise Foundation, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello explained that the project was born out of her desire to take care of indigent women affected by VVF.
She said the centre has so far treated 34 patients and presently has 21 patients undergoing treatment.
“A 20-bed patients hostel has been provided to help the patients recuperate as well as provide them with skills that will empower them and prepare them psychologically, emotionally as well as financially to assist them continue with their lives easily before reintegrating them into the society,” she added.
Executive Secretary, Mainstream Foundation, Alhaji Siraj Abdullahi said some of their CSR were in the areas of education, health, environment among others adding that their interventions are in all the communities they were located.
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