Health Champions
When Communities Lead, Disease Outbreaks Slow
Communities are increasingly taking the center stage in disease prevention, because outbreaks often happen first in homes and neighbourhoods. Accordingly, our Strengthening Community Participation for Disease Prevention and Early Detection (SCOPED) intervention, in collaboration with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and state governments, builds on earlier findings from a pilot community […]
The Importance of Cleaner and Safer Environments in Reducing the Burden of Infectious Diseases: Ogunsina Oluwaseun’s Story
Ogunsina Oluwaseun is a Community Informant in the Akoka-Anuoluwapo ward in Somolu area of Lagos State. She believes in the power of education and awareness to break the chain of infectious disease spread. Through her engagement with DRASA in the SCKaR-IDP initiative, she has adopted new practices and behaviors, which she shares with her family […]
”See Something, Say Something”: Our Health Champions Are Improving Community Health and Surveillance
“One day, while dropping my child off at school, I observed two school children lapping [one carrying the other on the lap] each other in the bus, and I observed that one of them was coughing continuously so much that he started coughing blood. Instead of turning a blind eye, I made sure to follow […]
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