A COVID-19 response project was on June 16, 2020 organized by Dr. Ayilola Babatunde, Team Lead and Founder of Global Health Adolescent and Development Initiative, from 9am to 4pm, visiting three different health facilities in Osun State.
The main aim of the project was to reduce the local transmission and spread of COVID-19 in Osun State by protecting health care providers amidst the shortened supply of personal protective and WASH materials.
The team comprised of Babatunde and six other persons who volunteered to join him in the project.
These were Dr. Atoyebi Temilade Abimbola, Dr. Awede Kehinde, Dr. Adedoyin Samson, Dr. Salami Olatubosun, Gambo Emmanuel and Olaobaju Oluwatosin Isaac.
The project was financed by a grant received from The Pollination Project.
Health facilities visited were Aderemi Public Health Centre, Aderemi Street, Ile-Ife; Enuwa Primary Health Care, Ile-Ife; and Osun State Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
The materials donated to the health facilities included face masks, alcohol-based hand sanitisers, hand washes, face shields and 60 liters buckets with lids and taps.
Babatunde said in a statement: “We designed, printed and pasted posters (with necessary information about COVID-19 and preventing it’s spread in English and Yoruba languages).
“These posters were pasted at strategic locations around the hospitals entrance, the accident and emergency sections and other points of first contact within these Health care facilities.
“At Aderemi Health centre, we met the administrative staff, Mrs. Adefisoye Folasade, Mrs. Taiwo Bada, Mrs. Tijani Azizat, led by Mrs. Omole A.O who appreciated our kind gesture of reaching out and the supplies donated.
“At the Enuwa Primary Health Care Centre, we were warmly received by the matron and other administrative heads.
“They took turns to express their heartfelt gratitude to the Global Adolescent Health and Development Initiative and the Pollination Project, USA.
“Dr. Bello, the Consultant in Charge of Osun State Hospital Asubiaro, Osogbo, also had a lengthy discussion with us filled with much appreciation and encouragement giving accolades to the Osun State Government and soliciting more inputs from both the government and nonprofit organizations.
“Many thanks to the Pollination Project, USA for their benevolence. We hope to receive more funding from other donors as we continue to implement this project.”