Chibok Girls: UNFPA to provide reproductive healthcare

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Some of the 82 released Chibok schoolgirls

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has pledged to provide emergency reproductive health care, psychosocial counselling and other critical support to the rescued 82 Chibok school girls.

A statement issued by UNFPA Nigeria on Monday in Abuja said the fund welcomes the release of an additional 82 Chibok girls who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents.

It said an emergency team of psychosocial counsellors and health professionals have been deployed to assist with the profiling of the girls, so their critical needs can be met.

The fund added that dignity kits, consisting of culturally appropriate attire and intimate hygiene supplies, have been procured and would be distributed to help restore the dignity of the girls.

The statement said the newly-released girls would also be part of a similar rehabilitation programme that was set-up…

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