UPGRADING OF THE DEI-DEI RURAL HEALTH CENTER

- PROGRAM REPORT

Preamble:

As part of its commitment to improving the state of health care, and fulfil its corporate

social responsibility, Mobil Producing Nigeria implements strategic health plans in Nigeria

targeting to reach the poor, vulnerable and the hard to reach.

Through strategic partnerships, the organization contributed sustainable gains to the

health indices of dwellers of Dei-Dei community in Abuja Federal Capital Territory through

the provision of medical, emergency and diagnostic equipment for use in the Dei-Dei rural

health center.

Mobil Producing partnered with a local organization Community Health Empowerment

Foundation (CHEF)

Partnership

Mobil Producing worked with a Local Partner Community Health Empowerment

Foundation (CHEF) to implement the activity. CHEF has worked for more than eight years

in the Federal Capital Territory distributing long lasting insecticidal nets, organizing

malaria control awareness, capacity building on maternal and child health sectors as well

as providing medical equipment and facilities to aid local and community based health

facilities.

Identification of Health Facility

Benchmarks used for the identification of health facility for upgrade included the following:

1. Situated rurally

2. Public health facility

3. Accessible to the served community

4. High patronage

5. High volume antenatal attendance

Comprehensive Health Clinic Dei-Dei met the benchmarks and was selected as the

beneficiary health facility.

Needs Assessment:

In-depth assessment was conducted to ensure that the critical needs of the facility was

identified and documented.

Key informant interview was conducted on the three key senior staff of the health facility

and the outcome of this was triangulated to arrive at the critical needs of the clinic.

Clinic was found to lack some basic infrastructural support elements like outpatient seats,

refrigerator for cool storage of drugs, basic diagnostic equipment and

antenatal/natal/post-natal apparatuses.

Critical Needs of CHC Dei Dei

CHC Dei-Dei is a comprehensive Health Clinic set up to cater for the needs of the

residents of Dei-Dei and surrounding communities. Clinic is manned by a full range of

health personnel including Doctors, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Nurses,

Midwives and other low cadre health personnel.

Attendance to clinic is very high and usual clinic days record over 200 patients ranging

from antenatal to clients who came for malaria and other minor ailment treatment.

Identified critical needs included the following:

1. AIRCONDITIONERS – 5Nos

2. WOODEN/PADDED CHAIRS WITH BACKREST – 40Nos

3. CEILING FAN – 5Nos

4. FULL AMBU RESUSCITATOR – 2Nos

5. MEDICAL INFANT SCALE – 3Nos

6. CHEST FREEZER – 1No

7. DOUBLE CABIN REFRIGERATOR – 1No

8. FETAL DOPPLER – 1No

9. PULSE OXIMETER – 2Nos

10. DELIVERY COUCH – 1No

11. OFFICE CHAIRS – 5Nos

12. TABLES – 5Nos

13. EXAMINATION COUCH – 2Nos

Procurement and Supplies

Following the approval of the critical needs list, identified equipment were procured,

supplied and installed in the CHC Dei-Dei.

All equipment were test-run and found very functional after which the Doctor in charge

of CHC Dei-Dei took charge of all supplies.

Acknowledgement

The Medical Officers in charge of the CHC Dei-Dei expressed deep gratitude to Mobil

Producing Unlimited for the kind gesture in refurbishing and upgrading the facility and

pledged to take good care of the equipment.

The Management of Community Health Empowerment Foundation, CHEF hereby

expresses profound gratitude to Mobil Producing Nigeria for choosing to partner with it

in the execution of this project.

PHOTO GALLERY AND INVENTORY OF SUPPLIES

Figure 1 – Outpatients Seats (40)

Figure 2 Consulting Tables and Chairs (5)

Figure 3 Delivery Couch (1)

Figure 4 Air-conditioners (5)

Figure 5 Ceiling Fans (5)

Figure 6 Chest Freezer (1)

Figure 7 Examination Couch (2)