In a quiet rural community in Ezeagu, Ishielu council area of Ebonyi State, where residents have long struggled with inadequate healthcare services and a shortage of medical personnel, hope is beginning to emerge.
Through a major intervention supported by the Global Fund, UNICEF is revitalising a rural health centre that many residents believe could transform healthcare delivery and improve the lives of women, children and families in the area.
The facility is among hundred and fifty (150) primary healthcare centres across Nigeria being rehabilitated under a UNICEF-led programme aimed at strengthening access to quality healthcare services in underserved communities.
For years, the community’s health centre operated with limited infrastructure and insufficient health workers, forcing many residents to travel long distances in search of medical care. Pregnant women, nursing mothers and children were often the most affected.
Today, construction workers, engineers and health officials are working to change that narrative.
