Santal midwives perform 200 normal deliveries at Sapmara UHFWC

Three Santal midwives have set up a glaring example of performing 200 normal deliveries in two years at Sapmara Union Health and Family Welfare Centre (UHFWC) in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district.

Beginning in July 2020, midwives Minoty Murmu, Silvia Mardy and Nipa Soren have provided dedicated sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services to socially backward local women, especially Santal community, at the UHFWC.

Under the management of a Santal Field Coordinator and the support of nine Santal Health Workers, the midwives are also providing four antenatal care (ANC) and four postnatal care (PNC) services to pregnant women and mothers there, said a press release.

The SRHR services are being provided to local backward women, especially to the Santal community women, under the Santal Health Project being run by LAMB at Sapmara UHFWC.

UNFPA Bangladesh, Directorate General of Family Planning and Directorate General of Health Services is extending technical support to implement the project for backward women in Gaibandha and female workers at tea gardens in Moulvibazar districts.

To celebrate the success of performing 200 normal vaginal deliveries by the three midwives, a cake-cutting function was arranged at Sapmara UHFWC on Tuesday afternoon.

People of the Sapmara union, mainly inhabited by the socially backward Santal community, and Members of the Managing Committee of the UHFWC attended the event.

Programme Analyst of UNFPA Bangladesh Md Samsu Zaman attended the function as the chief guest with SRHR District Officer for Gaibandha Dr Armina Khatun in the chair.