Unilorin COBES students identify challenges in Kwara communities
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.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Amuda Bembe Ibrahim Taiwo Esinniobiwa Quareeb Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence David Oyedepo JMK Construction Company Limited Saka Onimago Ahman Pategi University Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji Alfa Yahaya Road Amusement Park Ishola Balogun Fulani Ahmad Lawan Shehu Jimoh Principal Private Secretary Yetunde Balogun Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf Isaac Gbenle College Of Health Yusuf Badmus Magaji Are Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies AGILE Programme Abdullah Janet Amudat Awodun Lawal Jimoh Al-Adaby Ubandawaki Sarah Alade Olatunji Ibrahim Lai Gobir Al-Hikmah Radio Lucky Omoluwa Kwara State University Of Education Bola Olukoju Tunji Moronfoye Al-Hikmah University Kayode Issa Just Event Online Omoniyi M. Ayinla United Nigeria Airline Raji AbdulRasaq Omar Bolaji Gambari Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Olomu Of Omu-Aran Odolaye Aremu Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station Pacify Labs Hassan Oyeleke Kwara State Television (KWTV) Isa Aremu Kola Ologbondiyan Alikinla Kola Olota Shuaib Olarongbe Ahmed Umar Ayinla Saro Bolakale Saka Sabi Wahab Agbaje Isaac Aderemi Kolawole Waziri Yakubu Gobir National Pilot Adama Isa Baba Idris Tsado Manman Akume Democracy Day Garba Dogo Raymond Olaitan Umar Sanda Yusuf Segun Adeniyi Niyi Ogundiran Babatunde Ajeigbe Wahab Femi Agbaje Abdullateef Abdussalam

