Unik Impact Foundation received reports of outbreaks of diseases from local community based organisations in Baturiya town of Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa State in September 2022, following massive floods which ravaged the entire community and farmlands and also completely isolated it by washing out access roads from all directions.
The Foundation eventually sponsored a medical outreach to the community on the 23rd of October, 2022, where our team of volunteers had to cross deep floodwaters using local canoes and ride motorcycles to finally reach the community.
About 1,717 people, mostly women and children, benefited from the program, which included free consultation, diagnostics, treatments, and referrals Common diseases treated and services offered included malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, upper respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, enteric fever, sepsis, antenatal services, chronic infected wounds, skin infections, allergies, and cases of malnutrition, e l e v a t e d b l o o d p r e s s u r e , a n d rheumatism.
