By ANDREW MUKOMALIVINGSTONE has recorded a decline in the numbers of mothers attending postnatal care services during this year’s first quarter.District Nursing Officer, Evelyn Jere, said that the numbers of women attending postnatal care started declining in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.However, Ms Jere said in Livingstone that the difference in numbers was minimal.She said that the first quarter 2020 recorded postnatal contacts of 1,383 mothers while the first quarter of 2021 contacts recorded 1,277 mothers.Ms Jere added that the postnatal follow ups of mothers that came for the second or third time in 2020 recorded 1,197 mothers while 2021 recorded an increase of 1, 346 mothers.“Postnatal is the care that is given to a mother who has just delivered and it’s given from the time of delivery and goes on up to six weeks.“During this care, there are number of services that are offered, checking of both the mother and the baby for […]
POSTNATAL CONTACTS DROP
