Project Mission
From inception, the project was guided by three core objectives: the provision of sustainable water supply to 10 Mission Institutions (MIs), the improvement of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures in the 10 MIs, and the provision of funds for the procurement of essential IPC supplies. In the second phase of support to CHAN, ACHAP provided a grant of $50,000 for the construction of 10 boreholes across 10 facilities in Nigeria.
From the commencement of the project, it had three summarized objectives which are:
I. Provision of sustainable water supply to 10 MIs
II. Improvement of Infection Prevention and Control measures in the 10 MIs
III. Provision of funds for purchase of relevant IPC supplies
ACHAP, in the second phase of support to CHAN, provided the sum of $50,000 to deliver 10 boreholes for 10 facilities across Nigeria. The process of provision had already kickstarted. Earlier in the year, they supported CHAN towards mitigating the impact of Covid-19 with a grant worth US $27,500 (Twenty-Seven Thousand, Five Hundred United States Dollars). This amount was spent to support community mobilisation efforts for active case identification, surveillance, and guidance on home-based care, as well as to equip health facilities with medicines and supplies and to provide support for referrals from community to facility and to higher-level facilities.
The whole COVID-19 situation started in Nigeria like a joke. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria was on the 27th of February, 2020. Thereafter, many more cases followed. The effect of COVID-19 impacted some of the CHAN Member Institutions (MIs), where a greater part of the Nigerian population have confidence in accessing quality health care services, but these facilities lacked appropriate equipment and supplies. As a result, some MIs were threatened with closure to prevent their workers from contracting the coronavirus.
The implication of this was that people with other health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis, maternal and neonatal cases did not get adequate attention. Consequently, CHAN was unable to fully meet the responsibilities of caring for affected persons and communities, especially as the virus spread further into hard-to-reach areas. This situation persisted despite CHAN’s capacity of providing 40% to 50% of healthcare service delivery in urban areas of Nigeria and up to 60% to 80% in rural areas.
However, with the support of the Africa Christian Health Associations’ Platform – ACHAP/IMA World Health, CHAN was able to reach out to five MIs. In Plateau State, the Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BhUTH) in Jos was chosen for their preparedness and designation by the Plateau State Government. Other facilities included:
Hoarse Memorial Hospital, Yaba
Regina Mundi Catholic Hospital, Mushin, Lagos
BhUTH
Rufina Catholic Medical Centre, Iperu
St. Mary Catholic Hospital, Gwagwalada, FCT Abuja
