By Chinedu Eze
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Within four months of cutting the ribbons of our first-ever Modular Clinic christened The Julia Burke Maternity Centre, we are excited to bring you happy tales about the launching of yet another modular clinic by our project team. Last week Wednesday, the 17th of March 2021, was a memorable day for the people of Obinagu […]
According to an NCDC report to WHO in November 2020, Enugu State was amongst the five states in Nigeria with the occurrence of multiple deaths as a result of the Yellow fever outbreak. The other four states included Bauchi, Benue, Delta and Ebonyi states. Yellow fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected […]
The modular clinic initiative is a robust plan to reposition health care delivery to underserved communities by leveraging existing and culturally accepted institutions. Traditional birth attendance is one of such institutions, which our team now leverages on. The Julia Burke Maternity Centre is an efficient hybrid of our ideals of maternal and infant health practice […]
I first wrote about the modular clinic in September 2020 – I titled it “We have gone modular!”. That was just when we received the empty container house. By October, I wrote another piece on how far we have gone with setting up the container house and actually setting up the modular clinic – operations […]
Remember our Modular Clinic? Yes! The detachable container now fashioned into a beautiful and well-furnished clinic, donated to a traditional birth attendant to provide a haven for pregnant women during deliveries in the Coal City State of Enugu, Nigeria. We are glad to say the facility is indeed coming up nicely and has gained widespread […]
Yay! Our train of support, empowerment and capacity building for the TBAs is about to move yet again. Where will it be storming this time…Ebonyi State, Yeah right! The TBAs in the communities of Ebonyi State are about to feel our impact and have their share of the wealth of knowledge and material support we’ve […]
First, it never crossed your mind that you would ever be in this kind of training. Second, the tools you get are things you always desired but never could afford. Third, they treat you with much more respect than you’ve ever got from the ‘educated’ folks in the decades of your practice. You couldn’t help […]
Held Event – The TBA Support Program It displeased our field staff in Enugu (Nigeria) to know that many pregnant mothers still left the primary health centre we had equipped, for the homes of traditional birth attendants. We had done much to reposition the health centre, yet some women wouldn’t go there. So, our staff […]
