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  • Over 150,000 lnfants die of sickle cell

    Sickle Cell Community, a group founded for the control of Sickle Cell Disease, SCD, in Kano State has said that about 150,000 infants die of the ailment annually in Nigeria, representing 8% of infant mortality rate in the country.

    A member of the Board of Trustees of the group, Shema’u Adam Imam, stated this at the launch of the Sickle Cell Community Trust Fund to support people living with Sickle Cell Disorder, held in Kano.

    She said Nigeria has the highest burden of SCD in the world and the country is also the top sickle cell endemic country in Africa.

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    Imam explained that the Trust Fund, established in collaboration with Community Health Research Initiative, CHRI, and Centre for Sustainable Development and Communications Initiative, CSDCI, was a financing mechanism to support the less privileged persons living with sickle cell.

    She noted that the fund would cushion the soaring economic condition of parents of the sickle cell patients, especially in purchasing drugs and payment of screening and investigations.

    Shemau Adam maintained that poor availability of resources to the public health facilities, welfare sectors and economic inflation are seriously hampering access to appropriate medical and social services.

  • Ondo community gets Army’s free medical service

    About 500 residents of Arigidi in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State have benefited from the medical service organised by the 32 Artillery Brigade at Owena Barracks in Akure, the state capital.

    The medical outreach team, which was led by its Commander, Brig.-Gen. James Ataguba, also had doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals.

    Addressing reporters during the programme, Gen. Ataguba said it was aimed at enhancing cooperation between the brigade and civilian population to deliver effective health care to the people.

    He said: “As you can see, we are here to give free medical services to our people in this community because we have the belief that not all of them can go to government hospitals for treatment; hence the reason we brought it to their doorsteps.

    “Apart from defending the territory and ensuring peace, it is also our responsibility to give back to the society, which we are doing now. I am excited by the large number of people who came for the programme.

     

  • Ondo community gets Army’s free medical service

    Ondo community gets Army’s free medical service

    About 500 residents of Arigidi in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State have benefited from the medical service organised by the 32 Artillery Brigade at Owena Barracks in Akure, the state capital.

    The medical outreach team, which was led by its Commander, Brig.-Gen. James Ataguba, also had doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals.

    Addressing reporters during the programme, Gen. Ataguba said it was aimed at enhancing cooperation between the brigade and civilian population to deliver effective health care to the people.

    He said: “As you can see, we are here to give free medical services to our people in this community because we have the belief that not all of them can go to government hospitals for treatment; hence the reason we brought it to their doorsteps.

  • Free medical service for expectant mothers in Ogun

    The Ogun State government has said the provision of quality healthcare service to expectant mothers and children under five years through Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHIS) called Araya will get priority attention.

    The scheme, in conjunction with Save One Million Lives (SOML), is expected to cover the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas (LCDAs) in the state.

    Health Commissioner Dr Babatunde Ipaye spoke on the scheme during a street sensitisation tour of Araya at Ogijo, Sagamu, Ikenne, Ilisan-Remo and Odogbolu.

    Represented by the Director of Health Insurance in the ministry, Dr Afolabi Dosunmu, the commissioner said the state government had made sufficient provisions for primary and secondary care services as well as maternal and new born health care to reduce maternal and child mortality rates.

    Ipaye said the Ibikunle Amosun administration had made primary health care service free for underprivileged women and children under five years, adding that no one was exceptional under the scheme.

  • Free medical service for Arepo community

    •Dominion celebrates fifth anniversary

    HUNDREDS of villagers benefitted from the free medical service organised at the Arepo Community Primary School the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Dominion Chapel, as part of programmes marking the fifth anniversary of the church.

    The church deployed medical personnel to check the blood pressure and sugar level of residents who thronged the venue to avail themselves and their wards of the church Community Social Responsibility (CSR).

    The beneficiaries, who were medically counselled, went home with drugs to treat malaria and mosquito nets.

    The four-day celebration which kicked off on Thursday with a special Faith Clinic Service, ended on Sunday with a thanksgiving Service, in which the Assistant Pastor-in-Charge of Lagos Province 21 (APICP L21), Pastor Olabisi Olowoyo ministered with the anniversary theme titled: “God of Grace”.

    Pastor Olowoyo, who stood in for the Pastor-in-Charge of LP21, Pastor Peter Egho, took his text from 2 Peter 3: 18. He listed 30 benefits that could be enjoyed when an individual operates under the grace of God, and laced each of the benefits with relevant bible scriptures and passages.

    He also unveiled the maiden edition of the Parish magazine and inaugurated the Wellness Centre established by the church to cater for the health needs of members.

    In his remarks, the Pastor-in-Charge of the Area (PICA) in Dominion Chapel, Pastor Victor Ayodele, acknowledged the assistance of the APICP since the inception of the Parish even as he thanks church members for their support for the modest achievement of the church.

    Evangelists Tunji and Tope Alabi were on the choir stand with members of their band to thrill the congregation to ever-green gospel tunes.

    At the thanksgiving were notable clerics including Pastor E.A. Adeboye’s representatives in five Regions including Region 11, Pastor Stephen A. Adegbindin, the APICP CSR in LP21, Pastor Babatunde Afilaka with his wife and other pastors from the parishes under Dominion Chapel Area.

  • Army provides free medical service to Bakassi IDPs

    Army provides free medical service to Bakassi IDPs

    No fewer than 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi local government area of Cross River on Friday benefited from the free medical outreach conducted by the 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Calabar.

    Brig.-Gen. Sani Mohammed, Commander of the Brigade, said that the humanitarian medical outreach was part of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai’s vision on civil-military relations.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the IDPs are camping at Ikot Effiong/Obutong primary school in Bakassi local government area of the state.

    Mohammed said that the Army decided to reach out to the IDPs because they needed adequate medical service to keep them in good health.

    “We are here to offer free medical treatment to the IDPs. When you look around and see where they are camping, you will believe that they really need adequate medical care.

    “We are here with our full medical team that will carry out different test on the IDPs and also administer them with drugs.

    “Earlier today, we also carried out a similar medical outreach in the barracks where the children/wards of soldiers and friends of the Army were equally tested and administered with drugs,’’ he said.

    The commander advised the IDPs to have a positive outlook towards life, adding that the Army would always remember them in their activities.

    NAN reports that the IDPs were tested for malaria, blood pressure, hepatitis, typhoid and fever, among others, while drugs were equally administered to them.

    Speaking, the Coordinator of the camp, Mr. Aston Inyang, thanked the Army for their humanitarian medical outreach.

    Inyang said that they were brought to the camp on Oct. 4, 2009, after the ceding of the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on Aug. 14, 2008.

    According to him, the camp has been neglected by the government and appealed to the state and federal governments to come to their aid.

    “Our greatest challenge here is that we lack adequate medical care and the young ladies who are pregnant always feel it more.

    “We have not been given fair attention as it concerns health. Our camp is so large that we are supposed to have our own separate health care centre built by the government.

    “From 2009 to now, we have lost over 40 persons which include women, men and children and a lot are still under medical challenges because they have no money to access medical treatment,’’ he said.
    One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Eno Samson, who thanked the Army for their medical assistant, appealed to other corporate bodies and philanthropists, to also assist them in the areas of food, security and shelter.