About 120 women have benefited from medical checkups, which included Bp checks, lab tests (including malaria and random blood sugar tests), Dr consultations and free medications, organized by the Hope Everyday Foundation who took Women Health Awareness Campaign (WHAC) to Shadadi in Kuje area council, Abuja.
The Executive Director, Dr Nkechi Akinwale, who explained that the purpose of the event was to educate women to be more aware and conscious about their health noted that it was born out of a passion for women who do not have the resources to look after their health and who do not even see the importance or need to be health conscious.
Highlighting that the objectives was to offer free medical help to the less privileged in the society, she advised women to take responsibility for the health and well-being of all their family members.
She emphasized that a healthy woman is equal to healthy home saying that part of the campaign was practical health talks on awareness and prevention of breast cancer (including breast self-examination), how to prevent medical emergencies like dehydration by making ORS and also a health talk on Cholera (how to prevent/identify cholera disease and how to seek prompt medical help) and how to identify monkey pox disease and its prevention.
One of the beneficiaries, Amanta Gose a 70-year-old woman who spoke in Hausa language lauded Hope Everyday Foundation and encouraged other women to make use of the medications they received, urging them to be open to such medical initiatives.
in the case of other diseases such as monkeypox, polio, malaria and tuberculosis, progress has been achieved. Among other threats to health are malnutrition, pollution and road traffic accidents. In 2020, Nigeria had the highest number of cases of COVID-19 in Africa.
In Nigeria, there has been a major progress in the improvement of health since 1950. Although lower respiratory infections, neonatal disorders and HIV/AIDS have ranked the topmost causes of deaths in Nigeria, in the case of other diseases such as monkeypox, polio, malaria and tuberculosis, progress has been achieved. Among other threats to health are malnutrition.
Report also indicates that Nigeria is fulfilling 48.2% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Nigeria achieves 66.6% of what is expected based on its current income. In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 61.7% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Nigeria falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 16.3% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available. Read more https://nigerdeltaconnect.com/ndconnect/edo-govt-partners-foundation-on-mental-health-awareness
