Women in an Internally Displaced Camp in Benue State have given birth to over 200 babies within one month alone.
The findings were revealed by the Integrated Supportive Supervision (ISS) conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organisation (UNICEF/WHO) Humanitarian Health Response IDP Outreach.
This figures were disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Primary Health Care Board, Grace Wende, on Friday.
She said the research was carried out by the Benue State Primary Healthcare Board at the Ortese and Ichwa IDPs camps in Guma and Makurdi local government areas.
She said, “I saw a very interesting sight. I’ve been in these camps often as part of our coordination beat and as part of the main role of primary health care.
“We are part of the major leading partners in supporting the IDP camps in terms of providing healthcare personnel who will be providing services to these various camps.
“Today I saw many pregnant women and young children and it seems that there is a very high level of fertility and childbirth within these camps. Today alone we noticed that there are 200 new births per month. It is quite high, and the government needs to do something about it.”
