End malaria, malnutrition, save a child in Nigeria

Lack of access to quality and affordable healthcare services remains a big challenge to the people of Itamerin and neighborhood, a suburb in Ibadan city of Nigeria. The incorporated trustee of Oak Rural Health Organization (ORHO) in Ibadan Oyo state Nigeria, take free healthcare services to villages and settlements in the state. Since January 2018, the organization has provided free healthcare services to over 1000 villagers. Baby "S" was among the 82 children treated for malaria during our recent outreach in Arulogun village of Akinyele local government area of Oyo state Nigeria. She is a 9 months old baby presented with high grade fever(38.9°c), weakness and inability to eat. The mother had earlier treated her with drugs purchased from village drug hawker( a common care alternative in the locality), but no improvement. Baby S tested positive for malaria parasite, using our rapid test kit. She was immediately placed on treatment. One week later, our team went on followup visit to the village. Sighting us from distance, the mother couldn't hold her joy and expressed how our intervention turned to be the saving angel of her daughter.

The organization is still working with other children like baby S in the neighborhood. We have paid for an apartment to be used for provision of outpatient services within the community. A healthcare staff has been hired. She is to provide health counseling, home visiting and follow ups, treatment of minor diseases and blood pressure monitoring for the villagers.

There are many task embeded in the concept of our project "end malaria, malnutrition, save a child in Nigeria" (MaMaH). Now that we have a place to better serve our targets. We need to stock it with antimalaria drugs, malaria test kits, vitamin supplements, and food supplements to help the severely malnourished ones among the children. Also, we need blood pressure measuring machine and anti hypertensive drugs for the local women within the project duration of 2 years. Thus, the need to reach our project funding goal of $30,008. The community is happy to have us around, we are also happy to help!