Emergency Health support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children.
JDPC Nsukka supports her beneficiaries who are in critical health need. This also include poor and vulnerable children and caregivers who cannot afford medical bills. Both part and full payment of medical bills have been made in support of these groups whereas a total of 9 persons which consist; 8 children and 1 caregiver were beneficiaries of this intervention.
HIV Testing Services, Referral and Linkage to Treatment.
JDPC Nsukka is engaged in providing testing services for beneficiaries of her program and closely working with community testers to identify hotspots, create awareness and mobilize community members for testing. A total of 4664 OVC were risk assessed and referred in which a total of 4386 who were at risk of HIV infection got tested and received their test results. We also provided HIV self-testing kits to a total of 736 OVC who cannot easily assess the facility for testing. This intervention was able to illicit a caregiver and a child who were reactive to HIV. We facilitated linkage to treatment and provided case management to these households.
We also contributed towards the achievement of the Accelerating Progress in Pediatrics and PMTCT (AP3) program which is to scale up HIV case identification among pediatric and adolescent populations and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) intervention. JDPC Nsukka as part of the COOP team is involved in providing HIV testing and linkage services. Testing services are being provided to children and adolescents at risk of HIV. A total of 1,736 children have been reached and received HIV prevention messages
These activities enabled the CBO in establishing risk reduction strategies. Through risk assessments, people who are already affected by HIV learnt how to avoid transmitting of HIV to others and helped them also access to treatment.
JDPC Facilitates Water Sanitation and Hygiene Messaging with spigot buckets.
JDPC Nsukka provides water, sanitation and hygiene messaging to members of her communities. The different Adolescent forums such as adolescent clubs, OTZ clubs, schools, and others have been used to provide menstrual hygiene messages to adolescents. The different women group such as the Christian women group, village savings and loan group, caregivers’ forum have been an effective means in disseminating this message.
The services of the community case managers during home visits were used to educate members of her communities on the needs for construction, proper use, and maintenance of latrines, regular hand washing, especially after defecation and before eating, preparing food or handling drinking water, careful storage and preparation of water and food. A total of 1512 households who received this message now practices good hygiene.
JDPC Nsukka Helps Families with malnourished children to Establish home gardens
Home gardens to help families with malnourised children
JDPC Nsukka for the year under review had supported 57 households with different seedlings, organic manure, and farm tools to establish home gardensfor food and income generation while a total of 476 who already have a garden were supported to maintain their home gardening. We continued to educate our beneficiaries the practice to consume the vegetables from their farms when mature, as most adverse health effects are due to inadequate intake of basic macronutrients and compounded by deficiencies in micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals which are easily sourced from those vegetables in their various home gardens.
Beyond food and nutritional security, they were made to know that home gardens contribute to income generating activities, improved livelihood and household economic welfare as well as promoting entrepreneurship and rural development.
JDPC Nsukka Provides Emergency food support to households and children in critical need
The issue of food security and access to nutritious meals remains an increasing concern in many communities in the country, In an effort to address this issue and make beneficiaries of our programs have access to nutritious meals and meet their basic nutritional requirements, JDPC Nsukka therefore provided food intervention to support vulnerable households and address the immediate needs of those suffering from hunger.
The interventions covered; malnourished children and vulnerable households. Over 12 households benefited from the intervention. This contributed positively in the lives of our beneficiaries in ensuring they are healthy and enhancing optimum adherence to ARVS. This benevolent effort not only offers immediate relief but also fostered a sense of community empathy and support, helping to create a stronger, more compassionate society that takes care of its most vulnerable members
JDPC Nsukka Facilitates Nutrition assessment of orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) for Growth monitoring and provision of nutritional supplements for malnourished households
JDPC Nsukka continued to carry out nutrition assessments for OVC in her communities. This had been an effective way to ensure that these children maintain a normal body mass index. Within the year, over 5276 vulnerable children were assessed using anthropometric measures (Weight, Height, MUAC, BMI), 18 OVC were found malnourished and received nutrition interventions which include nutrition education, provision of food supplements (soya plus), referral services and counselling.
Growth monitoring and follow-up assessments were carried out on quarterly bases. Additionally, we provided soya bean supplements to OVC 0 to 5 years who are prone to malnutrition and HIV positive children, to complement their feed and boost immunity. Over 88 OVC benefited from this intervention and had reported improved healthand general well-being.
JDPC Nsukka Carryout HIV Prevention Messages to Adolescents and young people in Schools, Hospitals and market Places
Images of the sensitization campaigns in schools
JDPC Nsukka provides HIV prevention messages to adolescents 9-17 years on a quarterly basis. A total of 3419 in the OVC program received this message. Adolescents were enlightened on the various means of contracting HIV and risk reduction strategies to minimize HIV infection.
School sensitization on HIV prevention and sexual reproductive health education across secondary schools within the 5 local governments of implementation had been used to reach out to a good number of adolescents in our communities, covering over 10.000 secondary school adolescents.
- JDPC Nsukka Commemorates 2023 World AIDS Day by taking the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management Campaigns to Local and Major Markets
Image of the World AIDS Day Campaigns
Every December 1st, the world unites to commemorate World AIDS Day. JDPC Nsukka used this annual event to serve as a reminder of the global struggle to end HIV-related stigma, an opportunity to honour those we have lost, and a rallying cry to continue working towards a day when HIV is no longer a public health threat. The first World AIDS day took place in 1988, providing a platform to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and honour the lives affected by the epidemic.
Over the past 35 years, we have witnessed significant progress in addressing HIV/AIDS thanks to advancements in medical research, increased access to treatment and prevention, and a broader understanding of the virus. We have also seen a tremendous global advocacy; community unite to take on challenges and hold institutions accountable for ensuring access to these advancements. This year, World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the theme is 'let communities lead'. The theme has been decided to mark the pivotal impact communities have had in shaping the HIV response. The theme emphasized the importance of communities in spreading awareness about the disease and stopping its spread. Communities are being held back in their leadership. Funding shortages, policy and regulatory hurdles, capacity constraints, and crackdowns on civil society and on the human rights of marginalised communities, are obstructing the progress of HIV prevention and treatment services. If these obstacles are removed, community-led organisations can add even greater impetus to the global HIV response, advancing progress towards the end of AIDS," said UNAID. To commemorate this day, JDPC Nsukka carried out her campaign in market places, streets, schools and strategic places. A good number of persons agreed to be tested, while a greater number received this message with much appreciation.