Preventing Childhood Malaria Deaths in Mashegu

Summary

This project provides families with malaria prevention education, life-saving medicines and insecticide treated bednets to protect 20,000 children from malaria related deaths in rural Mashegu. progress report read updates from the field

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	£5 - Can buy 2 insecticide treated bednets that can protect a child from malaria for up to 5 years
	£5 - Will provide up to 100 community members with malaria prevention education
	£10 - Can provide life-saving malaria treatment for 20 children
	£45 - Will train 1 local community health extension worker in early diagnosis and treatment of malaria
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In this region, malaria accounts for 30% of deaths for children under 5 (UNICEF/FGN 2004). PSJ estimates that about 70% of outpatient visits for children under 5 and 50% of hospital admissions are due to malaria in areas where we work. This project seeks to significantly reduce the high death rate resulting from malaria among children in rural Mashegu through community-wide malaria prevention education and distribution of ITNs to families with children under 5.

Activities

If we educate families on how to ensure a malaria vector (mosquito)-free environment, as well as provide families with insecticide treated bednets, we will be able to reduce the number of malaria illnesses and deaths in children by at least 50%.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £14,308
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £21,224
Total Funding Goal: £35,532

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will save the lives of about 40,000 thousand children and boost their development. Malaria accounts for 40% of healthcare costs for families in this region, this project will result in more disposable income available to families.

Project Message

For another child, $1 may be worth just a candy, but for a 4-year-old girl dying of malaria in rural Mashegu, $1 is worth her life.
- Ibrahim Idris, MD, MPH, President of Physicians for Social Justice

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Chukwumuanya Igboekwu,
Health Program Associate
Room 1 & 2 Hospital Extension Building
Rural Hospital Sahon-Rami, Mashegu
P. O. Box 18 Kontagora, Niger State Kontagora
Nigeria
+234-803-7017383
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organisation

Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ)
Suite1, First Floor Bokani House
& 2 Hospital Extension Building Rural Hospital Sahon-rami
P. O. Box 18 Kontagora, Niger State 923101
Nigeria
+234- 803-7017383
https://psjworld.org

Learn more about Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nigeria and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Nigeria, read the Human Development Report on Nigeria or the Wikipedia entry for Nigeria.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 05, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 13, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Remembering kwati a remote rural village

By Chukwumuanya Igboekwu - Project Manager, December 05, 2011 06:25 PM

On 11th of November, PSJ's malaria team visited Kwati, a remote rural village located deep in the forest to conduct a malaria clinic and prevention outreach. The visit was highly anticipated by the community as they eargerly awaited the arrival of the mobile mlaria team in front of the village chief's house. On siting the team, there was a tunderous shout of joy among the villagers including men, youths, women and children who had gathered to recieve malaria treatment and prevention commodities including long-lasting insecticide treated nets (ITNs).

The mobile team led by a community physician diagnosed and treated 172 children of malaria. 38 pregnant mothers were also provided intermittent prophylaxis treatment. Pregnant and nursing mothers also recieved insecticide treated nets. In addition, the team conducted a community-wide malaria prevention education.

The community elders and members were very grateful and were full of praise for our donors who supported the outreach to their community. On behalf of the communities we serve, Physicians for Social Justice expresses her profound gratitude to all our donors, many of whom have donated repeatedly to our malaria project. Thank you for all your support. Without them, we will not be able to serve these communities. Thank you.

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Physicians (Doctors) for Social Justice, PSJ

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