Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"If we can build an in-house intriguing system that actually looks inward to provide a basics for funds to always be there for us to carry out our activities, we should not lack in anything because Nigeria has the resources and capabilities if we channel our grievances to the right direction.\" Also, Pharm. Henrietta Bakura Onyeneke, Deputy Director, National Product Supply Chain Management Program (NPSCMP) of the Department of Food and Drugs Services, Ministry of Health called on all delegates present to see themselves as ambassadors of this laudable initiatives and urged them to transfer the skills that will be learn to their place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"The need for us to leverage on this programme is to build on those gaps especially in business modelling. How do we make out funds and stop depending solely on funds form private sectors or donors? Even if the private sector still gives you the funds, try will still request for accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"If we can build an in-house intriguing system that actually looks inward to provide a basics for funds to always be there for us to carry out our activities, we should not lack in anything because Nigeria has the resources and capabilities if we channel our grievances to the right direction.\" Also, Pharm. Henrietta Bakura Onyeneke, Deputy Director, National Product Supply Chain Management Program (NPSCMP) of the Department of Food and Drugs Services, Ministry of Health called on all delegates present to see themselves as ambassadors of this laudable initiatives and urged them to transfer the skills that will be learn to their place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Explaining how the policy would be sustained, Chukwunonso said \"one of the key things we will be highlighting around the supply chain performance is sustainability. How do we sustain whether we have have on ground? Do we have a mechanism funds for activities that we need to do at the state? Do we have a mechanism to hold people accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The need for us to leverage on this programme is to build on those gaps especially in business modelling. How do we make out funds and stop depending solely on funds form private sectors or donors? Even if the private sector still gives you the funds, try will still request for accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"If we can build an in-house intriguing system that actually looks inward to provide a basics for funds to always be there for us to carry out our activities, we should not lack in anything because Nigeria has the resources and capabilities if we channel our grievances to the right direction.\" Also, Pharm. Henrietta Bakura Onyeneke, Deputy Director, National Product Supply Chain Management Program (NPSCMP) of the Department of Food and Drugs Services, Ministry of Health called on all delegates present to see themselves as ambassadors of this laudable initiatives and urged them to transfer the skills that will be learn to their place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
He emphasized that the programme is not aimed at changing the entire system of public health but to fill in the gaps that arises from the Strategic Policy Trust from the Federal Ministry of Health which provides room for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explaining how the policy would be sustained, Chukwunonso said \"one of the key things we will be highlighting around the supply chain performance is sustainability. How do we sustain whether we have have on ground? Do we have a mechanism funds for activities that we need to do at the state? Do we have a mechanism to hold people accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The need for us to leverage on this programme is to build on those gaps especially in business modelling. How do we make out funds and stop depending solely on funds form private sectors or donors? Even if the private sector still gives you the funds, try will still request for accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"If we can build an in-house intriguing system that actually looks inward to provide a basics for funds to always be there for us to carry out our activities, we should not lack in anything because Nigeria has the resources and capabilities if we channel our grievances to the right direction.\" Also, Pharm. Henrietta Bakura Onyeneke, Deputy Director, National Product Supply Chain Management Program (NPSCMP) of the Department of Food and Drugs Services, Ministry of Health called on all delegates present to see themselves as ambassadors of this laudable initiatives and urged them to transfer the skills that will be learn to their place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Chukwunonso spoke at the ongoing Global Fund-Malaria Leadership programme organised by the Africa Resource Centre (ARC) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He emphasized that the programme is not aimed at changing the entire system of public health but to fill in the gaps that arises from the Strategic Policy Trust from the Federal Ministry of Health which provides room for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explaining how the policy would be sustained, Chukwunonso said \"one of the key things we will be highlighting around the supply chain performance is sustainability. How do we sustain whether we have have on ground? Do we have a mechanism funds for activities that we need to do at the state? Do we have a mechanism to hold people accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The need for us to leverage on this programme is to build on those gaps especially in business modelling. How do we make out funds and stop depending solely on funds form private sectors or donors? Even if the private sector still gives you the funds, try will still request for accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"If we can build an in-house intriguing system that actually looks inward to provide a basics for funds to always be there for us to carry out our activities, we should not lack in anything because Nigeria has the resources and capabilities if we channel our grievances to the right direction.\" Also, Pharm. Henrietta Bakura Onyeneke, Deputy Director, National Product Supply Chain Management Program (NPSCMP) of the Department of Food and Drugs Services, Ministry of Health called on all delegates present to see themselves as ambassadors of this laudable initiatives and urged them to transfer the skills that will be learn to their place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The program coordinator for Global Funds Malaria Support, Umeh Chukwunonso, has called for sustainability of government policy on malaria funding in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chukwunonso spoke at the ongoing Global Fund-Malaria Leadership programme organised by the Africa Resource Centre (ARC) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He emphasized that the programme is not aimed at changing the entire system of public health but to fill in the gaps that arises from the Strategic Policy Trust from the Federal Ministry of Health which provides room for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explaining how the policy would be sustained, Chukwunonso said \"one of the key things we will be highlighting around the supply chain performance is sustainability. How do we sustain whether we have have on ground? Do we have a mechanism funds for activities that we need to do at the state? Do we have a mechanism to hold people accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The need for us to leverage on this programme is to build on those gaps especially in business modelling. How do we make out funds and stop depending solely on funds form private sectors or donors? Even if the private sector still gives you the funds, try will still request for accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"If we can build an in-house intriguing system that actually looks inward to provide a basics for funds to always be there for us to carry out our activities, we should not lack in anything because Nigeria has the resources and capabilities if we channel our grievances to the right direction.\" Also, Pharm. Henrietta Bakura Onyeneke, Deputy Director, National Product Supply Chain Management Program (NPSCMP) of the Department of Food and Drugs Services, Ministry of Health called on all delegates present to see themselves as ambassadors of this laudable initiatives and urged them to transfer the skills that will be learn to their place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The program coordinator for Global Funds Malaria Support, Umeh Chukwunonso, has called for sustainability of government policy on malaria funding in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chukwunonso spoke at the ongoing Global Fund-Malaria Leadership programme organised by the Africa Resource Centre (ARC) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He emphasized that the programme is not aimed at changing the entire system of public health but to fill in the gaps that arises from the Strategic Policy Trust from the Federal Ministry of Health which provides room for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explaining how the policy would be sustained, Chukwunonso said \"one of the key things we will be highlighting around the supply chain performance is sustainability. How do we sustain whether we have have on ground? Do we have a mechanism funds for activities that we need to do at the state? Do we have a mechanism to hold people accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The need for us to leverage on this programme is to build on those gaps especially in business modelling. How do we make out funds and stop depending solely on funds form private sectors or donors? Even if the private sector still gives you the funds, try will still request for accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"If we can build an in-house intriguing system that actually looks inward to provide a basics for funds to always be there for us to carry out our activities, we should not lack in anything because Nigeria has the resources and capabilities if we channel our grievances to the right direction.\" Also, Pharm. Henrietta Bakura Onyeneke, Deputy Director, National Product Supply Chain Management Program (NPSCMP) of the Department of Food and Drugs Services, Ministry of Health called on all delegates present to see themselves as ambassadors of this laudable initiatives and urged them to transfer the skills that will be learn to their place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also said that the delegates should imbibe the best practices that will compliment the already existing leadership schemes that have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"At the end of the day, we look forward to being part of the organ that have facilitated the achievements of the universal health coverage in line with Sustainable Development Goals.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance includes facilitators from UNOCASA, Linus Odoemene; Immediate Past National Coordinator, (NPSCMP), Idrish Momoh; National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Taye Adewale; Head of Supply Chain for Africa and Resource Centre, Nigeria, delegates from the public health system in Yobe, Kaduna and Adamawa states amongst others.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Global Fund-Malaria -support seeks sustainability of funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"global-fund-malaria-support-seeks-sustainability-of-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-27 09:04:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=935","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to him, the FCT Administration has no intention to close down the Idu centre for now until all necessary parameters have been put in place, adding that \u201cCOVID 19 is still prevalent and we cannot take chances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe Idu Isolation centre which is a 500-bed facility is still opened and managing COVID 19 patients\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the FCT Administration has no intention to close down the Idu centre for now until all necessary parameters have been put in place, adding that \u201cCOVID 19 is still prevalent and we cannot take chances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cWe only closed down two isolation centres, the Asokoro and Karu general hospitals which were earlier converted to isolation centres but have now been returned to their original use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Idu Isolation centre which is a 500-bed facility is still opened and managing COVID 19 patients\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the FCT Administration has no intention to close down the Idu centre for now until all necessary parameters have been put in place, adding that \u201cCOVID 19 is still prevalent and we cannot take chances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
He said contrary to an online report the Administration has not shut down the Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre, adding that while it is true that the FCTA had recently closed down some isolation centres following a reduction in the number of hospitalised patients, the Idu centre is still functional and receiving patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe only closed down two isolation centres, the Asokoro and Karu general hospitals which were earlier converted to isolation centres but have now been returned to their original use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Idu Isolation centre which is a 500-bed facility is still opened and managing COVID 19 patients\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the FCT Administration has no intention to close down the Idu centre for now until all necessary parameters have been put in place, adding that \u201cCOVID 19 is still prevalent and we cannot take chances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Acting Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat HHSS in the FCT, Dr Mohammed Kawu disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said contrary to an online report the Administration has not shut down the Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre, adding that while it is true that the FCTA had recently closed down some isolation centres following a reduction in the number of hospitalised patients, the Idu centre is still functional and receiving patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe only closed down two isolation centres, the Asokoro and Karu general hospitals which were earlier converted to isolation centres but have now been returned to their original use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Idu Isolation centre which is a 500-bed facility is still opened and managing COVID 19 patients\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the FCT Administration has no intention to close down the Idu centre for now until all necessary parameters have been put in place, adding that \u201cCOVID 19 is still prevalent and we cannot take chances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has announced that its COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Idu is still operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acting Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat HHSS in the FCT, Dr Mohammed Kawu disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said contrary to an online report the Administration has not shut down the Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre, adding that while it is true that the FCTA had recently closed down some isolation centres following a reduction in the number of hospitalised patients, the Idu centre is still functional and receiving patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe only closed down two isolation centres, the Asokoro and Karu general hospitals which were earlier converted to isolation centres but have now been returned to their original use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Idu Isolation centre which is a 500-bed facility is still opened and managing COVID 19 patients\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the FCT Administration has no intention to close down the Idu centre for now until all necessary parameters have been put in place, adding that \u201cCOVID 19 is still prevalent and we cannot take chances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has announced that its COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Idu is still operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acting Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat HHSS in the FCT, Dr Mohammed Kawu disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said contrary to an online report the Administration has not shut down the Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre, adding that while it is true that the FCTA had recently closed down some isolation centres following a reduction in the number of hospitalised patients, the Idu centre is still functional and receiving patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe only closed down two isolation centres, the Asokoro and Karu general hospitals which were earlier converted to isolation centres but have now been returned to their original use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Idu Isolation centre which is a 500-bed facility is still opened and managing COVID 19 patients\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the FCT Administration has no intention to close down the Idu centre for now until all necessary parameters have been put in place, adding that \u201cCOVID 19 is still prevalent and we cannot take chances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Kawu who noted that there has been a significant drop in the number of people coming down with the disease in the FCT, however, appealed to residents to continue with the observation of the non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizers, wearing of face masks, observing physical\/social distancing as well as avoiding large gatherings.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Idu COVID-19 treatment and Isolation centre still operational, says FCTA","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"idu-covid-19-treatment-and-isolation-centre-still-operational-says-fcta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-31 15:25:51","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-31 14:25:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=986","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":8},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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