3000 births among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in Borno state – northeastern Nigeria have been registered with the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), in the past six months, official said on Monday.
SEMA Chairman, Satomi Ahmad, said the births were registered at various camps located in the state capital between January and June.
According to him, the birth records showed significant increase in view of the high number of couples staying at the camps. He said, “we recorded 3,000 births among IDPs in the last six months. The mothers were supported with drugs and reproductive kits.”
Ahmad noted that, the agency was working in collaboration with the state’s Ministry of Health to support expectant mothers and enhance reproductive health management in the camps, adding that, SEMA had provided ambulances to enhance referral services and reduce mortality.
Earlier, SEMA said it registered 13,000 births in IDPs camps in the past four years. It also said that it helped the mothers and babies with food items, nutritional supplements and dresses for the new born, The Guardian reported.
