“I dare known there is treatment for HIV, I wouldn’t have delayed my enrollment till this late” Story of Mrs Yekini
On the 22nd of July 2018, Serifat Adekola, an ARFH Counsellor Tester (CT) in Oyo East Local Government Area of Oyo state received a call from a private clinic to come and test a heavily pregnant woman, Mrs Yekini, who was very sick, weak and could barely walk. After going through a robust counselling session […]
Detection of TB Cases through School Engagement; Story of Madam Yemisi
Following the strategies of finding the missing cases came the idea to extend the House-to-House Active TB case search to schools. During this process, a Community TB Worker under Peniel Global Foundation, Mr Simeon Olugbodi, found a Presumptive TB patient, Madam Yemisi Abioye who is a Nursery School Teacher in Awo, Egbodore LGA in Osun […]
Rapid Health Improvement among Patients in Ibadan North LGA, Oyo State; Story of Maryam Hamisu
Nigeria ranks seventh globally and first in Africa amongst countries with the highest burden of TB. With an estimated new infection incidence rate of 322 per 100 000 population without, Nigeria is at risk of a growing epidemic. Unfortunately, in a recent study by national partners of which Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) […]