The wife of the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Her Excellency Dr. Martha Emmanuel today hosted over 400 pregnant drawn from across the state women in the 9th edition of the pregnancy care event tagged Martha’s Pregnacare Outreach.
The event hosted by Her Excellency’s Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Path-Initiative (FEYReP) at Ibom Hall witnessed free medical checks for the women, as well as fully packed bags of all items required for delivery.
In her speech at the event, Dr. Emmanuel stressed that she had embarked on this outreach to help increase awareness on pregnancy and maternal care as well as reduce maternal mortality rates in the state.
Lectures were also held on Nutrition during pregnancy, Antenatal care, cesarean delivery nutritional value of bio-fortified crops.
