The European Union-funded Strengthening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (EU-SARAH) programme is set to improve the health and wellbeing of more than 1.1 million women and children in Adamawa State through a comprehensive four-year intervention focused on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.
Speaking during a press briefing in Yola, Oluseyi Olosunde,the Health Officer of UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Officer, said Adamawa is among three states selected to benefit from the initiative, alongside Sokoto and Kwara States, collectively known as the SAK States.
Olosunde explained that the programme, funded by the European Union and implemented by UNICEF in partnership with participating state governments, was designed as a sustainable intervention aimed at delivering long-term improvements in healthcare services and outcomes.
According to him, about 896,000 children under the age of five in Adamawa are expected to benefit from essential healthcare services under the programme, while nearly 280,000 pregnant and lactating women
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