HEALTH 4 RURAL
PROGRAMME
We are ensuring improved access to healthcare in rural and hard-to-reach communities.
Most rural communities in Africa have poor access to basic health care; unfortunately, up to 59% of sub-Saharan Africans and 55% of the Nigerian population live in rural areas.
 
Also, majority of rural areas in Africa are experiencing challenges accessing water services. According to NDHS 2018, 42% of rural households still depend on unimproved sources for their drinking water in Nigeria, compared to 26% of urban households, with unprotected dug wells (22%) and surface water (15%) being the most common unimproved sources in rural households (NDHS, 2018). Lack of clean water and sanitation are major contributors to avoidable death and disease including diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition, lymphatic filariasis, etc., in rural communities.
 
Providing access to quality health care and WASH facilities for rural communities is vital to improving their health and general well-being.
 
Our Health4Rural Programme is playing a key role in making healthcare accessible for rural and hard-to-reach communities.

What we do?

Mobile Rural Health Clinic

We partner with health practitioners to improve access to healthcare services in rural areas, where access to healthcare facilities is limited. We set up mobile health clinics to deliver basic medical consultations, examinations, and treatments to address common health issues in rural areas. We also offer mental health screenings and counselling services, to address the mental health needs of rural residents.

Rural Water Infrastructure Development

We work towards improving rural access to clean water in order to enhance good hygiene and overall community wellbeing.

Rural Health Literacy and Empowerment

We conduct health education sessions on topics like disease prevention, hygiene practices, maternal & child health, and family planning to empower rural individuals and families. We create awareness about the health risks associated with certain farming practices and provide protective measures and equipment. We also distribute health educational materials and resources in local languages to improve health literacy and understanding among community members.

Mobile Rural Health Clinic

We partner with health practitioners to improve access to healthcare services in rural areas, where access to healthcare facilities is limited. We set up mobile health clinics to deliver basic medical consultations, examinations, and treatments to address common health issues in rural areas. We also offer mental health screenings and counselling services, to address the mental health needs of rural residents.

Rural Health Literacy and Empowerment

We conduct health education sessions on topics like disease prevention, hygiene practices, maternal & child health, and family planning to empower rural individuals and families. We create awareness about the health risks associated with certain farming practices and provide protective measures and equipment. We also distribute health educational materials and resources in local languages to improve health literacy and understanding among community members.

Rural Water Infrastructure Development

We work towards improving rural access to clean water in order to enhance good hygiene and overall community wellbeing.

OUR PROJECTS

Mobile Health Clinics

  • Through our mobile health care project, we take healthcare services to rural people (particularly farmers and farming households), where they are, thereby making healthcare accessible in remote rural communities.

Community health awareness and sensitization

  • We have organised several health sensitization programmes in rural communities and covered topics like Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Covid-19 protocol, Oral Health Care and Personal Hygiene.

Kick-Out-Malaria
Campaign

  • In our fight against malaria in rural areas, we have conducted free malaria tests, provided medication and insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN) for rural dwellers in Nigeria.

Oral Health Care
Outreach

  • We have conducted free dental check up and distributed free oral healthcare kits to adults and children in rural areas. This was achieved in strategic partnership with Colgate Palmolive Company.

Safe Rural Water Project

  • We are increasing access to safe water among at-risk rural communities. We provide clean water through portable water facilities like protected wells and borehole construction in rural communities. This is also to contribute to the actualization of SDG 6 aimed at Clean Water and Sanitation.
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Rural Health Advocacy

  • We engage in online and offline health advocacy and campaigns for inclusive and quality healthcare service in rural communities.

COVID-19 Project

  • We engaged in social media sensitisation as well as free distribution of nose masks for personal protection in rural communities.

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