The Katsina State Government has announced its partnership with the Society for Family Health to enhance sexual and reproductive health outcomes throughout its 34 local governments.
The Executive Secretary, of Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya, disclosed this at a 3-day State Training of Trainers.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the training was on Empathy-Based Counselling and Counselling for Choice in Katsina on Saturday, aimed to enhance health care in the state.
Represented by the Director of Primary Health Care, Dr. Shema’u Yahaya said the collaboration was through the Delivering Innovation in Self-Care 2.0 project.
According to him, SFH, in collaboration with the state government, has launched the Delivering Innovation in Self-Care 2.0 project across all 34 local governments in Katsina state.
“This initiative focuses on strengthening healthcare delivery through the promotion of self-care solutions as part of a resilient health system, ensuring that families in the state, particularly women, have better access to health services.
“The training, which is considered a cornerstone of the project’s success, equipped the Maternal and Child Health Coordinators across the state.
“And also selected heads of Healthy Child Spacing units from secondary and tertiary health institutions, with the skills to guide women in making informed choices about healthy child spacing.
“The focus is to increase the confidence and motivation of healthcare providers in coaching women, empowering them to overcome their fears and build self-efficacy in adopting self-care practices for healthy child spacing,” he said.
He said the training featured both theoretical and practical sessions, emphasizing the importance of compassion and understanding in counseling.
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