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Towards Ensuring the
Sustainability of Katsina
SCD Project
By
Service to Humanity
Foundation
Katsina, Nigeria
Service to Humanity Foundation (SHF)
office complex
SHF Profile……….
Humanitarian NGO,
Established, August 2006
Headquarters in Katsina, Nigeria.
Founder and President; Dr
Fatima Ibrahim Shema
the environment,
From available statistics, 100,000 infants
die from sickle-cell disease in Nigeria
annually, making it the number one
sickle-cell endemic country in Africa. Also
based on World Health Organization
[WHO] indices, Nigeria accounts for 75
percent of infant sickle-cell cases in
Africa and almost 80 percent of infant
deaths from the disease in the continent.
A common sight in our clinics
Service to Humanity Foundation (SHF)
Sickle Cell Service Provision
Programme...Objectives:
To deliver counselling services to affected individuals, other members of their families and sickle cell trait carriers.
To sensitize the public on the preventable nature of the disorder and promote health seeking behaviour.
To serve as reference service centres for reliable diagnosis of the sickle cell disorder
The provision drugs and treatment to affected individuals
Service to Humanity Foundation (STHF)
Sickle Cell Service Provision
Programme.....Cont’d
The Foundation commenced Sickle Cell service provision in July 2008 with 40 registered patients.
6 clinics were established in the three senatorial zones of Katsina state, by June 2016:Number of Registered Patients by Site
• Katsina & Dutsinma; 7,449
• Daura & Ingawa; 3,999
• Funtua; & Malumfashi; 6797
• Total;- 18,245
Routine Clinic days
Teeming patients Teeming patients Teeming patients
SERVICE PROVISION
COVERAGE The three senatorial clinics provide services twice
a month. Counselling Services
SCD Health Education
Management and Referral to specialist centres
Community Outreach Activities
Advocacy
New Born Screening
The Geographical Coverage,
The geographical coverage of 6
states in north western state of
Nigeria; Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto,
Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa
The states of Maradi and Zinder
in Niger Republic
The IMPACT Over 18,000 Registered Pateints
Restored the schooling of thousands of children
Parents, school managements at all levels and govt
officials sensitized
New born screening introduced and being carried out
from some health facilities
Pre-marital genotype testing and counseling being
carried out in some tertiary institutions
Acknowledgement
The Annual visit of medical students from
the UK
The Annual visit of medical students from
the UK
Visit by US experts
Award for SCD services being rendered in
Nigeria
Award by SCORE Sickle Cell Cohort
Research in Nigeria
Appreciation by Local Communities
Appreciation
Sustainability Challenges The numbers;- the increasing numbers from 40 patients in
2008 to 18,245 by June this year over stretches existing
provisions and available human and material resources.
SCORE SC Cohort Research has assisted with skills
capacity development and laboratory.. The inadequacy and
low capacity of the medical and non medical personnel is
still a major challenge
The major challenge is, despite the 3 additional clinics
commissioned last year, congestion. There are usually over
five hundred patients per site on clinic days.
What is at stake
The existing structures;- the 6 clinics, the HPLC Machine, and well established system Over 18,000 registered patients from 6 states that include Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa in Nigeria and Maradin and Zinder states in Niger Republic The capacity in terms of skilled and experienced manpower The existing synergy in form of our established partnerships Government commitment and political will. International recognition, linkages and partnerships.
The needed support
The support of SCORE Sickle Cell Cohort Research is
well appreciated. The Foundation will continue to count on them and any other willing patner for human resources capacity development.
The Foundation has acquired a government allocated land for the sole purpose of constructing a clinic and diagnostic laboratory in Katsina township to further address the congestion and ensure the sustainability of the programme. Financial and material support for the construction work and equipping of the proposed additional clinic
Thank you
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