Unilorin COBES students identify challenges in Kwara communities

Date: 2023-07-04

Four hundred level Nursing students and 200 level Physiotherapy students of the University of Ilorin who were posted to different communities in Kwara State have identified health challenges which are peculiar to Ilala, Ogbondoroko, Omupo and Shao communities. They also gave the state government some useful insights into areas in need of intervention.

Some of the areas in need of attention in the Kwara communities emerged last Monday (June 26, 2023) during the presentation of reports by students who were on Community Based Experience and Services (COBES) posting from the Faculty of Health Sciences.

The presentation by the students revealed that all Primary Health Care facilities in the communities are under-equipped in terms of staffing and medications.

The communities visited also suffer improper waste disposal methods including open defecation at refuse dumps and rivers.

The presentations also show that while the factories in Ogbondoroko are helping to evolve the community towards urbanisation, noise pollution and sound pollution from the factories constitute serious health hazards in Ogbondoroko.

On its part, the group posted to Ilala reported that the Primary Health Care facility in Ilala lacks doctors and it is not well equipped for emergencies. The community, however, produces okra, a good source of vitamin, in abundance.

The students also recommended that local and state governments should intervene by addressing poor drainage system in Omupo to improve the health of the people. They noted that being a community where a lot of rice processing is done, there is significant deforestation in Omupo because of the firewood used for processing rice.

Students posted to Shao reported that improper waste disposal is a major challenge in the town. They noted that open defecation is prevalent in the community.

In his remarks, Prof. Adefalu of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, who represented the University management at the event, recalled that COBES was restricted to students of Medicine in his undergraduate days and expressed delight that the field training has now been extended to other programmes in other Faculties.

In his own address, the Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Prof. B.S. Alabi, said that COBES is synonymous with the University of Ilorin and the founding fathers of the University envisioned that medical practice is not useful if it is not relevant to communities. He noted that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now putting emphasis on Primary Health care.

On his part, the Coordinator of the COBES programme, Dr A.S Adeniran, noted that the students are good ambassadors of the University, which is the reason why all the communities sent representatives to the presentation.

The representatives of the various communities appreciated the University for the annual COBES training and commended the students for being courteous in their various outreach and counselling programmes.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Olatomiwa Williams     Kayode Yusuf     Kwara Poly     Kazeem Gbolagade     Sarkin Malamai     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Baaziki Sulaiman     Cornelius Adebayo     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Okiki     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Dauda Adesola     Tunji Oyawoye     Donatus Ejidike     Emir Of Shonga     Aliyu Muyideen     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Firdaos Amasa     2017 Budget     Elections     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Hamza Usman     Mahee Abdulkadir     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Elese Of Igbaja     Olayinka Are     Galadima     Manzuma     Bukola Saraki     Wasiu Onidugbe     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Ilorin West     NFAI     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Memunat Monsuma     Transition Implementation Committee     11th Galadima     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Samari     Igbomina     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Kwara Metro Park     Idi-Ape     Crystal Corner Shops     Adeleke Ogungbe     Saka Keji     Bashirat Bola Bello     Abubakar Imam     Ahman Pategi     Isin     Kolawole Bashirat     Sunday Otokiti     RTEAN     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Ganmo     Ahmad Uthman     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Tuesday Assayomo     Lanre Jimoh     NaAllah     John Olobayo     Obasanjo     Presidential Election     Gambari     Elesie Of Esie     Lanre Badmas     Solomon Edojah     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Ayekale     Computer Based Test     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Adedipe     IQRA College     Femtech    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yekini Adio     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ilota     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Elerin Of Adanla     Modupe Oluwole     Idowu Laro     CELF     LEAH Charity Foundation     SDP     Afeyin-Olukuta     Old Oyo     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Funmilayo Mohammed     Iponrin     Jimoh Bashir     Adisa Logun     Kayode Laro     Asa     TETFUND     NIPOGA     Isaac Gbenle     Bello Bature     Aliyu Muyideen     Magaji Nda     Dan Iya     Turaki     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     TESCOM 2025     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Binta Abubakar Mora     Florence Saraki     Olokoba     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Kwara State Television     Mustapha Akanbi     Christopher Ayeni     Lucky Omoluwa     Prince Bola Ajibola     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Lateef Fagbemi     Kunbi Titiloye     Kwha.gov.ng     Ilesha-Gwanara     Just Event Online     Dorcas Afeniforo     Abdulazeez Arowona     JSSCE     Sobi FM     Joseph Offorjama     Ibrahim Orire     Plat Technologies Limited     Idris Garuba     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     National Information Technology Development Agency     Chief Imam Of Offa     Mohammed Abduraheem     Kwara Central     SWAN     Waheed Ibrahim     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Sabo-Oke     Binta Sulyman     Awili Pedro     Tayo Alao     Elections     CCT     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Abdullahi Biffo     Voices Of Tomorrow     Owo Arugbo     Kazeem Gbolagade     Muritala Olarewaju     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Adaramaja