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.

Mohammed Ibrahim     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Aliyu U. Tilde     Harafat E. Mukadam     Noah Yusuf     Raheem Adaramaja     Oloriegbe     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Razak Atunwa     Yahaya Dumoye     Ope Saraki     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Ademola Kiyesola     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Balogin Alanamu     Bureau Of Lands     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Kwara State Pension Board     Presidential Election     Fulani     Ibrahim Orire     Kayode Yusuf     Egbewole     Suleiman Ajadi     Ilorin Like-Minds     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Gambari     Alanamu     Sayomi     Mahee Abdulkadir     Ekiti     Offa Grammer School     Aminat Ahmed     Baba Issa Awoye     Alfa Yahaya Road     Tope Daramola     Olawuyi     Mutawalle     College Of Health     African Democratic Congress     Taofik Abdulkareem     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ijakadi     Zaratu Umar     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Share-Tsaragi     3MTT     SSUCOEN     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Summit University     Sam Okaula     Basit Olatunji     Yusuf Arowosaye     Jani Ibrahim     Orire     IYA YUSUF     Ahmed \'Lateef     Marafan Shonga     Suwa-Arabs     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Shuaib Olarongbe     Niyi Osundare     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Yekini Adio     Ahmed Dankaya     Tafida Of Kaiama     Chikanda     Igbaja     Ekweremadu     Popo-Igbonna     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Niyi Ogundiran    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Maigida     Age AbdulKareem     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Akanbi-Oke     KWASEIC     Talaka Parapo     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Olam Food Ingredients     Kwha.gov.ng     Saliu Oluwole     Rex Olawoye     Dairo Kunle Paul     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Emir Of Shonga     Aliyu Salihu     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Jamiu Oyawoye     Basit Olatunji     Al-Adaby     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Memunat Monsuma     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ilorin Innovation Hub     GGDSS Pakata     Mohammed Danjuma     Sanitation Exercise     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Towoju     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Sulu Gambari     Moshood Bakare     Isiaka Alikinla     Fola Consultant     Olatunde Olukoya     Lawal Jimoh     Aliyu Adebayo     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Eleyele     Baba-Isale     Binta Sulyman     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Rafiu Ibrahim     Yakub Ali-Agan     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Owo Arugbo     20 Billion Bond     Amoyo     Elections     Alfa Belgore     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Ilorin International Airport     Gbemisola Saraki     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     The Herald     Toyosi Thomas     Aso Ofi     Lucky Omoluwa     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Unicontinental Construction Company     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Funke Adedoyin     Maryam Ado Bayero     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Shagari     Saad Omo\'ya     Musibau Akanji     Magaji Erubu     Nigerian Medical Association