DKT International Preach Family Planning To Makoko Residents
A non-profit organisation, DKT International Nigeria, has embarked on a Family Planning enlightenment campaign to residents of the Makoko community in Lagos State. Makoko is a suburb of the state by the waterside.
According to the NGO, family planning has been identified as the most cost-effective means to improve the health of mothers in Nigeria.
In an outreach conducted in the community by the organisation in memory of its founder, Phil Harvey, the organisation said there was a need to close the knowledge gap among women of reproductive age in low-income areas on the use of modern contraceptives, especially Intrauterine devices.
Harvey was an American social entrepreneur who made contraception affordable for hundreds of millions of people in the developing world and gave women the power to take charge of their reproductive health and advance the well-being of their families.
A statement by the organisation on yesterday, said DKT Nigeria is still committed to achieving Harvey’s goals of securing the vision in which every child is valued, cared for, and wanted, as well as making sure that contraceptive services and products are available to underserved and difficult-to-reach areas of the country.
The community members benefited from free medical checkups, consultancy, and family planning services.
The Hospital Sales and Clinical Service Team of the NGO, led by Mrs. Faustina Ekundare, who spoke on the benefits of family planning, told the Makoko residents that family planning helps people to have the desired number of children which leads to improved health of the mothers.
