Outreach Health Programmes in Schools

To equip young people with the knowledge and skills they require to successfully make the transition from adolescence to adulthood, AHI organized some outreach programmes to Morocco Junior High School and Igbobi Junior College, Yaba on June 8, 2009.

The Health Talk which centred on “Risky Adolescent Health Behaviour” had JSS3 students and the PTA Health Counselors in attendance.

Areas such as the need for young people to be responsible towards themselves and their friends and to always inform each other on the consequences of drug abuse; ways of preventing drug abuse were highlighted. Issues of teenage pregnancy, STI/HIV/AIDS and how they affect the growth and development of young people were brought to the fore by the Resident doctor, Dr. S.T. Abdulsalaam. The students used the opportunity afforded by the programme to ask questions on some of the health challenges they have been facing. These, were duly answered by the facilitator.

At the end of the programme, various Information, Education, Communication (IEC) materials were distributed to the participants.