By Chizoba Nwachukwu | Program Officer
During this second quarter of 2016, among the communities reached by our malaria prevention outreach program team was Bukkagoma, a rural community in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State.
On arrival, the outreach team sensitized the community members on behavior change and environment sanitation to prevent malaria especially as we enter the peak rainy season when malaria transmission is highest in this region. Our mobile clinic team used the local Hausa language to educate community members how malaria is transmitted, early clinical signs and symptoms, the role of mosquitoes, the need for early diagnosis and treatment especially for children and how it can be controlled through environmental hygiene and sanitation.
During the integrated malaria outreach which also included vitamin A supplementation for children under-five, as well as voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing (HTC) for community members, a total of 115 (52 males and 63 females) villagers who presented with malaria symptoms (52 males and 63 females) were tested using the RDT rapid diagnostic kits and treated with Artesunate Combination Therapy (ACT). Also 100 community members (47 males and 53 females), voluntarily came forward for HIV testing and three females tested positive and have since been referred to the nearest ART hospital for further evaluation and treatment. 120 nursing mothers and pregnant women received long-lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) during the outreach.
The outreach was highly impactful as six children who were seriously ill of sever malaria at the time of the outreach received life-saving malaria treatment. This intervention could not have been possible without the support of our donors. That is why we shout a big thank you to all our individual and corporate donors who support the work we do, most of whom have donated over and over again to this project. On behalf of the communities we serve, we thank you for your generosity and contributions to this project. We know that you have donated over and over to this project. We are very grateful. The children and their families that your donations saved their lives are indeed grateful. We are aslo grateful to the local Anglican Church Group that we collaborated with to support this particular outreach.
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