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.

Centre For Digital Economy     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Jani Ibrahim     Toyin Sanusi     Omoniyi     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Tsaragi/Share     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Usman Rifun     Omu Aran     School Of Nursing     Rapheal Ashaolu     Hassanat Bello     Mutawalle     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Roheemat Hammed     Local Government     Hijab     Ita-Nmo Market     John Mayokun Dada     Tunji Ajanaku     Owo Arugbo     Olosi Of Osi     ENetSuD     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Government High School Adeta     Tunji Olawuyi     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kemi Adeosun     Oladimeji Thompson     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Kwara United     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Saba Jibril     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Bisi Oyeleke     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Alore     Bayo Lawal     Adisa Logun     Ilesha-Baruba     Samuel Adaramola     Makama Of Ilorin     Oba Abdulraheem     Tunji Folami     Amos Sayo     Iyiola Oyedepo     Yemi Osinbajo     Turaki     LAK Jimoh     Osinbajo     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Saidu Kawu     Hakeem Lawal     Ibrahim Abiodun     Abiodun Oyedepo     Wahab Isa     Abubakar B.M     UNILORIN Alumni     United Nigeria Airline     Osi     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Erin-ile     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Oniye     Kola Ologbondiyan     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Olokoba Sulyman     Tafidan Kaiama     Tanke     Emir Of Ilorin     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Abdulkarim Adisa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Oko Erin     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Oluronke Adeyemi     Fareedah Dankaka     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     All Peoples Party     Ibrahim Orire     COVID-19 Palliatives     Mary Arinde     Roseline Oni Aremu     Alimi     Abubakar Usman Jos     Saadu Yusuf     Hassan Saliu     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Musa Aibinu     Farouk Salim     Modupe Oluwole     Abubakar Lah     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     International Aviation College     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Air Peace     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Pakata     Ibrahim Jawondo     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Abdulazeez Uthman     Mohammed Danjuma     Oye Tinuoye     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Ramadhan     Ajase-Ipo     Aliyu Muyideen     Al-Ilory     Adeniyi Ojo     Principal Private Secretary     Onilu     Ilorin International Airport     Umar Ayinla Saro     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Tunde Oyawoye     Suleman Abubakar     11th Galadima     Iyiola Oyedepo     Kwara State Football Association     Agbarigidoma     Buhari     Sherif Sagaya     ER-KANG Mining     Muhammed Abdullahi     Afonja     General Hospital, Ilorin     Sanusi Abubakar     Mahee Abdulkadir     Olatunde Jare     SARS     QuickWin     Zara Umar     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Bankole Omishore     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Radio SBS     Issa Manzuma     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Razaq Atunwa     Ogbondoroko     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Saad Belgore     Kumbi Titiloye     Women For Change And Development Initiative