No fewer than 5, 000 beneficiaries received free medical test, counseling and drugs on different ailments, including hypertension, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and malaria in a medical outreach in Osun State.
The programme was organised by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) in collaboration with Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Honourable Adeyinka Ajayi, representing Ifelodun/Odo-Otin/Boripe Federal Constituency. The beneficiaries were the people of Ifelodun/Odo-Otin/Boripe Federal Constituency.
NACA Director General, Pro. John Idoko, said the four-day programme was targeted at the rural dwellers with prevention messages on HIV/AIDS, diagnosis and treatment of some ailments, such as hypertension, malaria, deworming of children, random blood sugar level, as well as clinical consultation and referral of other diseases that could not be handled during the outreach.
Idoko said the objective of the outreach was to accomplish zero tolerance to new HIV/AIDS infection through adequate testing and counseling, alongside other health-related prevention activities nationwide. The NACA boss, who was represented by Dr. Mrs. Uduak Essen, Prevention Focal Person and NACA PIU HIV/Aids Programme Abuja, said the outreach was also to ensure that the MDG’s target for the country was adequately achieved.
He charged the people of the state on the need to always go for medical checkup in a bid to know their health status.
In his remarks, Hon Adeyinka Ajayi, said there was need to avail the people of the constituency the opportunity to know their health status and maintain a clean bill of health. Ajayi commended NACA for choosing the constituency for the medical outreach.
Ajayi said he was expecting the tempo to be sustained through massive community driven campaign and provision of facilities to the rural areas across the nation.
Mrs Ibezim Ruth, Ottaki Rita and Olawumi Ishola among other beneficiaries shared their experiences on the exercise. They said it has brought relief to them, considering many rural dwellers who could not afford the high cost of treatment in the hospital.
By: Yinka Kolawole
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