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Outreaches on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder conducted by Initiative for Prevention and Control of Diseases (IPCD) in Nasarawa Eggon LGA, Nasarawa State Nigeria

  • Posted by IPCD
  • On August 23, 2023
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IPCD community health workers under the TB Reach “Wave 10” Project conducted outreaches on mental health and substance use disorder outreaches in Tawa Galle, Corodo, Galle South, Ogbagi and Wagon communities of Nasarawa Eggon LGA, Nasarawa State, Nigeria between 6th July 2023 and 6th August 2023. A total of 292 persons attended the outreaches, with […]
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IPCD’s Participation in the RedAid Nigeria Capacity Building Workshop on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder in Enugu August 2023

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  • On August 23, 2023
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REDAID Nigeria organized a 4-day capacity building workshop to train project staff of the TB REACH “Wave 10” on management of Substance use Disorders (SD) and Depression. The workshop was held from 7th August, 2023 to 11th August, 2023 at Dannic Hotels, New Haven, Enugu. In attendance at the workshop were representatives from Enugu and Anambra Correctional Centers; TB […]
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Tuberculosis, Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Community Outreaches Conducted by IPCD in Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State, Nigeria

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  • On August 23, 2023
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Initiative for Prevention and Control of Diseases (IPCD) conducted community outreaches Tuberculosis, Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (TB/MH/SD in Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State. The outreaches were conducted by the IPCD Community Health Workers under the TB Reach “Wave 10” Project. The outreaches took place between 4th July and 4th August 2023 in Yelwan […]
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IPCD/RAN Organized a 2-Day Training for Community Health Workers and TBLS on Tuberculosis, Mental Health and Substance Disorder (TB/MH/SD)

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  • On July 9, 2023
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RedAid Nigeria (RAN) and IPCD organized a 2-day training for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Local Government Tuberculosis and Leprosy Supervisor’s (LGTBLS). They were trained on effective measures of handling TB/MH/SD cases in Nasarawa state. The project areas are Keffi and Nasarawa-Eggon LGAs The Training was held at Freshland Hotels Ltd, Mararaba Karu LGA of […]
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RAN/IPCD Trained Doctors and Nurses on Tuberculosis, Mental Health and Substance Disorder (TB/MH/SD)

  • Posted by IPCD
  • On July 9, 2023
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IPCD is a sub-recipient to RedAid Nigeria (RAN) in the implementation of stop TB REACH Wave 10 grant. A 2-day training was organized to train Mental Health Workers (MHW) specifically Doctors and Nurses on effective measures of handling TB/MH/SD cases in Nasarawa state. The project areas are Keffi and Nasarawa-Eggon LGAs. Mental Health (MH) experts […]
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IPCD’s Participation in the National Childhood TB Screening and Testing in Karu LGA, Nasarawa State.

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  • On June 5, 2023
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The National Childhood TB screening and testing week was done between 22 and 26 May 2023 in all the states of the federation. Initiative for Prevention and Control of Diseases (IPCD) in collaboration with Breakthrough Action Nigeria (BAN) and Zanklin Research Centre (ZRC) sponsored the 4-day exercise in  Angwan Mallam and Dunkuru Normadic communities in […]