UNILORIN Medical Students Renovate Public Health Infrastructure in Rural Communities

Date: 2022-01-17

Medical students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State studying in the area of Public and Community Health have carried out some health infrastructural facilities and provisions in some selected rural communities of the state.

Speaking during their field posting presentations as part of requirements for the award of Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree, the undergraduates said that such programmes as renovation of public health centres, public toilets, drilling of boreholes and purchase of generating set, among other activities were carried out.

Speaking with journalists after the presentations, the coordinator, Field Posting programme, Dr Femi Oladiji, said that the students after their 12 weeks of field posting experience also carried out such activities such as free medical consultation, testing and treatment, participation in COVID-19 vaccination, donation of drugs, public health education and enlightenment on prevailing health challenges etc.

Dr Oladiji, who said that the main objective of the field posting was to ensure that the students acquire skills and competence in areas of health planning, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation, added that it was also aimed to develop analytical communication and fundraising skills while addressing community priority health needs of the communities.

During their presentations, the students said that the field posting activities were carried out in the selected six local government areas of Asa, Ifelodun, Irepodun, Ilorin West, Ilorin South and Moro local government areas, particularly in Elerinjare-Ibobo, Ajia-Bako, Ajikobi, Egbejila, among other communities.

The MPH undergraduates, who identified malaria and diarrhoea as major health challenges in the selected communities, said that the larger percentage of the population practised openly faecal defecation and indiscriminate dumping of refuse.

They also discovered that many of the schools and residential houses lacked toilets and refuse dumpsites, calling on the relevant authorities to improve public health care in the areas.

In his speech, the Head of Department (HOD) of Epidemiology and Community Health, Professor Omotoso Musa, said that the programme aimed at ensuring that the undergraduates gained practical ability and experience “from communities where the interventions were carried out, aside from theories taught in classes”.

The above was corroborated by the presenters, who assented to the fact that the field posting experience afforded them the reality of theories taught in classes.

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kawu Baraje     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Olosi Of Osi     Ijakadi     Abubakar Ndakene     Hamid Bobboyi     Olohungbebe     Ilorin South Constituency     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Tayo Alao     Habeeb Saidu     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Offa Poly     Musa Abdullahi     Akume     Ilorin.Info     Ahmad Belgore     Offa Grammer School     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Lai Mohammed     Titus Ashaolu     FERMA     GAMA     Tanke     Quranic Recitation Competition     Justina Oha     Belgore     Salman Suleiman     Illyasu Abdullahi     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Durosinlohun Kawu     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Javed Khan     Durbar     Salman Jawondo     Plat Technologies     Joseph Offorjama     Muhammad Yahya     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Ilorin Durbar     Ilorin Amusement Park     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Mubarak Oladosu     SWAN     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Matthew Babaoye     Okanlawon Musa     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     SSUCOEN     Abdulmajeed Wahab     SSA Youth Engagement     Agbarigidoma     Awoye     Mufti Of Ilorin     Nurudeen Mohammed     Ado Bayero     Isau     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Gobir     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Fulani     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Baboko Primary School     Agbarere     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Post Utme     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Michael Nzwekwe     Lola Ashiru     NYSC     Stephen Fasakin     Saliu Ajia     Busari Toyin Isiaka    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mamman Saba Jibril     Nurudeen Mohammed     Yakubu Gobir     Kwara 2019     Yaman     Gbenga Adebayo     Crystal Corner Shops     Bashir Adigun     Ajakaye     Suleman Abubakar     Fatai Olodo     Simon Sayomi     NaAllah     Christopher Ayeni     TIIDELab     Tunde Oyawoye     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Ado Bayero     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Shehu Adaramaja     Sanitation Exercise     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Pacify Labs     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Ilorin Muslim Community     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Bureau Of Lands     KWASSIP     Offa     Communication Network Support Services     Tunji Folami     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Edret Sabi Abel     Dunmade     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     International Aviation College     Yakubu Shaaba     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Kehinde Baale     Ajasse-Ipo     Logun     Oyun     Lai Mohammed     Amuda Bembe     ARMTI     Wahab Egbewole     Musa Yeketi     Ilorin General Hospital     Ademola Kiyesola     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Royal FM     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Saliu Alamoyo     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Ajuloopin     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Olusegun Adeniyi     Alaiye     National Information Technology Development Agency     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Oke-Ogun     Najim Yaasin     Isaac Gbenle     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     IYA ALFA NLA     Aiyedun     CACOVID     Frootify     Bluenile Associates     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     V.O. Abioye