PAANEAH Foundation Commemorates World Tuberculosis Day 2018
Still in the spirit of the World TB Day celebration, PAANEAH Foundation, in collaboration with Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government TB team, on Saturday, 24th March, 2018, conducted a free TB/HIV screening exercise for community members in Ojuore market and Sango car park.
The exercise, which kicked off at about 10am this morning at Ojuore market was well welcomed by traders as both young and old, male and female trooped in to be screened of TB and tested of HIV. The exercise, which also featured some law enforcement agents, such as traffic warden, was a huge success.
In the same vein, bus owners, business men and women, passengers and passerby availed themselves the opportunity to be beneficiaries of the exercise, carried out at the centre of Sango car park.
PAANEAH Foundation medical team also seized the opportunity, to sensitize the members of the community both at Ojuore market and Sango garage about Tuberculosis. Correct knowledge about causes, symptoms and mode of treatment of Tuberculosis was shared with members of the community. Emphasis was specifically placed on the fact that Tuberculosis is curable and treatment is absolutely free in all the health centres and hospitals in Ota and its environs and generally in Nigeria.
The market leaders and the garage officials were appreciative of this initiative, and they expressed their desire to have more programs of such nature carried out in their territories.
