Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu

by Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ)
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu
Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu

Project Report | Dec 1, 2015
PSJ's Malaria Outreach to Dadinkowa village

By Chukwumuanya Igboekwu | Team Leader

On the 11th of October 2015, PSJ’s malaria outreach team made our first ever outreach visit to Dandinkowa village. The visit was occasioned by solicitations for such outreach made by community leaders to the management of PSJ; the community leaders had heard of the beneficial impact of similar outreach undertaken by PSJ in surrounding communities.

The malaria outreach was an integrated package that also included using Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit (RDT) to diagnose malaria, distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LL-ITNs) to pregnant women and households with children under-five; distribution of multivitamins to pregnant women and lactating mothers; Albendazole (deworming treatment), and vitamin A supplementation for children under-five; as well as HIV Counselling and Testing (HTC) for all community members.

Our outreach medical team comprised two consulting physicians, four nurses, one HTC counselor, and one pharmacy technician. The immediate outcomes of the outreach include the following;
• 126 people (46 male and 80 female) tested for malaria using RDT kit, 33 children (12 and 21 female) tested positive for malaria, and they were treated with Artsemsinin Combination Therapy (ACT).
• 160 LLINs was distributed to households having under-five children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.
• 250 children received Vitamin A supplement (100000IUs and 200000IUs)
• 375 children under-five were given Albendazole (de-worming tablets).
• 113 had HIV counselling and testing (37 males and 76 females).


During the outreach session, one of the testimonies was that of a 2-year old girl named Halimatu who received ACT and an Insecticide Treated Net. Her mother was full of gratitude to the malaria team and our donors. She confessed that was the first time her family ever received such free treatment and health commodities (ITN) free of charge. In addition, Halimatu also received Vitamin A supplementation and was also dewormed.


While giving his thank you remark at the end of the outreach, one of the community leaders expressed gratitude to PSJ’s donors and supporters who donated their resources that enabled PSJ to come to their community. Hear him in his own words; “We were not expecting this level of massive support from PSJ and their partners, you have exceeded our expectation with everything and all the services you rendered to our people in our community today, especially the mosquito nets they brought, every family with eligible children receive one, we really thank you for all the services you rendered to us today. We thank in a special way all those who supported you (PSJ) and made donations to your organization. May God bless all of you (PSJ & Donors). We hope you will visit our community again soonest”.

On behalf of these communities we serve, we at PSJ express our sincere thank you, to you our donors. We especially thank our individual donors. We also thank in a special way, our two corporate donors for this year; Wellspring Advisors and staffs of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for making huge donations to our malaria project at the begining of the year 2015. Without your donations, our work will not advance. Thank you for all your support.

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Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ)

Location: P. O. Box 18 Kontagora, Niger State - Nigeria
Website:
Chukwumuanya Igboekwu
Project Leader:
Chukwumuanya Igboekwu
Health Program Associate
P. O. Box 18 Kontagora , Niger State Nigeria

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