The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, has highlighted the far-reaching impact of the First Lady of the State, Dr. Nonye Soludo, whose non-profit initiative, Healthy Living With Nonye Soludo, has touched thousands of lives across the state.
Speaking during a press briefing, Dr. Obidike noted the Governor’s wife’s efforts recently earned her ‘the First Lady of the Year in Nigeria on healthcare and child nutrition’ award, as well as an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Health and Child Nutrition from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam campus.
According to the Commissioner, the First Lady’s achievements include distribution of over three point eight million Insecticide Treated Nets to households across Anambra, establishment of Healthy Living Clubs in more than eight hundred schools, with cooking programmes, quizzes, and competitions that promote improved welfare, as well as free cervical cancer screening and treatment for thousands of women.
Other achievements include free corrective surgeries for children born with cleft lips and palates, state-wide vaccination campaigns against rotavirus, measles and polio, distribution of over fourteen thousand Healthy Living Pap to malnourished children in primary health centres, with recovery rates above fifty percent.
