Group donates treated insecticide nets to Jos residents

The Islamic Counselling Initiative of Nigeria has donated 1,000 Insecticide-Treated Nets to some communities in Jos North Local Government of Plateau State during its annual medical outreach.

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The communities that benefitted from the gesture include Naraguta, Hwol and Yelwa Zangam.

Speaking at the event, the Executive Director of the organisation, Mrs. Fatima Suleiman, said the outreach, which was the 14th edition was aimed at preventing malaria in the state.

She revealed that the free medical outreach, which was supported by the Nasco group of companies, targets pregnant women, children between the age of five and 15 years, and the elderly for screening and distribution of free malaria drugs.

”The intervention is carried out in deserving communities through an assessment that we feel need the intervention,’’ she said.

The executive director also added that in addition to the annual medical outreach, ICIN also conducts sensitisation campaigns on how to maintain a clean environment through proper sanitation and clearing of drainages to destroy the breeding habitats of mosquitoes.

The ICIN official also stated that primary healthcare centres in the selected communities are usually engaged during the intervention programmes, adding that they leverage on existing structures for the success of the outreaches.

Speaking while flagging off the outreach, the Village Head of Naraguta community, Mr. Mohammed Bello, charged beneficiaries not to use the nets for domestic purposes.

He also thanked the organisation for selecting his community for the intervention programme and promised to cooperate with organisations and the government on initiatives that would improve the welfare of his people.

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