The high demand for Child Birth Spacing (CBS) by couples especially husbands has caused scarcity of the commodities in Kafin Madaki Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi State.
The Ward Development Committee Chairman in Kafin Madaki Mustpha Ibrahim, who disclosed this to newsmen when Bauchi State Public Health Media Network visited Kafin Madaki Primary Healthcare Center (PHC) attributed the out of stock of CBS commodities in Kafin Madaki PHC to high demand of services by men in the area.
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Ibrahim told newsmen that husbands in Kafin Madaki have recently embrace CBS services and gradually becoming considerate in respect to quality and healthy lifestyle, “Husbands openly discuss CBS and go to facilities to access services, especially condoms.
The condoms finish first out of other CBS commodities because men are coming for the services.
“Our volunteers are conducting house-to-house visit for the success of CBS and
CBS is well accepted within and outside Kafin Madaki because we are witnessing parents coming for premarital counseling with intended couples,” he said.
The WDC chairman appealed to the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency to avail the health centre with CBS commodities to avoid unplanned pregnancies.
Also speaking at the event, the deputy in charge of PHC Kafin Madaki Sani Usman.
explained that no fewer than 60 CBS clients access the services monthly, adding that in the month of October, the facilities were out of stock of child birth spacing commodities because of an increase in the number of clients recorded.
He also revealed that some challenges encountered with CBS were because the new clients experience minor side effects and the officials still counseled them appropriately.
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