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The title of the project is medical outreach for olugbena and neighboring communities in ewekoro local government area ,ogun state ,Nigeria.The programme took place at the olugbena community village hall for a day 19/01/2019
The goal of the project was to detect and treat the ten common causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria specifically focusing on hypertension,diabetes,kidney diseases,infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS,TB,MALARIA,HEPATITIS B ,C.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:The programme begins with sourcing of partners locally,globally,volunteers locally ,health and other professionals to execute the programme some being paid token allowances,volunteers and fully paid chief health service strategic officer to cordinate the programmes throughout the years.With appreciable support financially,medical donations,etc a budget is drawn
The budget breakdown was as follows 367500 naira about 1000$ total.
Logistic/transportation 50;000 naira
Medication/drugs. 100000 naira

Consumables. 10000. naira
Allowances to professionals. 100000 naira
Medical diagnostic strip. 20000naira
Contingency fund. 15000naira
Administrative / stationery. 10000naira
Refreshment for the team. 22500naira
Allowance for coordinating physician .40000 naira.
The project begins with a visit to the community( pre outreach stakeholders meeting) to solicit support of all stakeholders in the community traditional community head – baale,head of each family district(OLORI EBI);youth leaders,religious leaders(Imam,pastors,traditional worshippers leaders);market women and men leaders,farmers association leaders.
The programme is discussed with them in detail and are encouraged to own the programme,mobilise the entire community and neighboring communities and seek meeting with neighboring communities encouraging them to attend as doctors,nurses,physiotherapist,health education staffs,nutritionist,pharmacist, would be around to deliver quality medical services to all which will include consultation,on site laboratory evaluation and medication prescription based on clinical findings.High risk,emergency and urgent patient,intermediate risk patient are referred to nearest health facility.
Town criers are used to announce the information to the communities.Specific date for the programme are chosen by the community,The foundation chose three convenient days and the community chooses one in case of day project.
Announcements can also be made on the market days,schools,mosques,churches and at the CDA meetings.
Primary healthcare centre covering the community is involved and an official letter is sent to the doctor in charge.They are involved because the patients are actually theirs and follow up may be carried out in the centre.A report is made available to to the PHC centre.
The state ministry of health is notified officially and reports,recommendations are sent to them at the end of the programme
Local private healthcare provider in the community like pharmacy,,nursing rehabilitation home,clinics and hospitals are invited to collaborate with the team.
The village hall management committee is contacted to ensure availability of the hall for the programme and make the venue conducive.
The programme commenced by 8@m after one half hour journey to olugbena community.Members of the team include two doctors,2 senior nursing staffs,pharmacy technician and laboratory scientist and other supportive/administrative staff.
The services rendered include medical data profiling,vital signs check,medical history taking and recommendation of tests to be done – FBS/RBS,URINALYSIS,MALARIAL TESTS.
This is followed by doctor consultation who reviews the findings and make appropriate clinical judgement and necessary interventions.
The programme saw a population of 100 villagers including children,women,elderly,men and other COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS FROM ABEOKUTA.The programme ends by 6pm with l hour break.
The funding for the programme is done both locally by Bimmed hospital Nigeria,N.G.O in America,Nigeria in diaspora and Sowunmi family.

The programme is titled ABATETE AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES MEDICAL OUTREACH SERVICE HOLDING DURING ANNUAL CATHOLIC WOMEN CONVENTION.The project proposal is written detailing the problem statement,justification,project goal and objectives,strategies and activities,Results :Impact,Outputsand outcomes.A budget is then prepared and included in the proposal.The budget is presented to the governing board for approval to signal funding request to local partners,international partners,community members, for cash and gift donation.
A budget of 1200000 naira about three thousand three hundred and thirty three dollars was spent .The budget covers mobilization of community,designing and printing of fliers,logistic/transportation,accommodation /feeding of team,medical consumables – TB STRIPS,HEPATITIS B STRIPS,MALARIA TEST STRIPS,MEDICAL WASTE BOX,CONTAINERS,LANCET,COTTON WOOL,GLOVES,MASKS,GOWN,MEDICATIONS – ANTIHYPERTENSIVE,ANTIDIABETICS,ANALGESICS,ANTIBIOTICS,ANTIFUNGAL CREAM AND TABLETS,ANTIKOCH MEDICATIONS AND MULTIVITAMINS FOR DIFFERENT AGE RANGE.
The programme took place at St Dominic Catholic Church Agbaja,Abatete in idemili North L.G.A,Anambra State on 10th and 11th August 2018 from 10@m to 5:00pm.See our website bmmedfoundation.org.
An introductory letter is sent to the community leaders,local representatives in the community,reverend fathers in charge of the church informing them of the programme,target population,tests to be done ,time,venue and seek their logistic,moral and physical support.Primary healthcare centre covering the community is involved and an official letter to the doctor in charge informing him of details of the programme and need to partner for a successful programme..
The state ministry of health is notified officially and reports,recommendations are sent to them at the end of the programme.
Local private healthcare provider in the community like pharmacy,nursing rehabilitation home,clinics,hospitals are invited to collaborate with team.
The team travelled from Lagos to Anambra state a journey by road of eight to ten hours because of poor roads infrastructure.We arrived safely by road around 9:00pm on 09/08 2018.
Members of the team include two doctors,two senior nursing staffs,pharmacy technician,laboratory scientist,laboratory assistant,P.A to coordinating doctor,driver,photographer/video coverage assistant and two administrative staffs.
The very expansive hall of the Catholic Church was made available to us.The programme began as scheduled with administrative staff/nursing assistant doing medical data profiling name ,age,occupation,sex,weight,height and phone number.
Nursing consultation that will include brief history taking,b.p check,pulse rate,RAMDOM BLOOD SUGAR/FASTING BLOOD SUGAR and review of data from the administrative staff.
Third stage is visit to laboratory scientist spot malaria test,urinalysis,FBS/RBS and samples for cases that need follow up are taken.
Doctor consultation involve review of all available findings and make appropriate clinical judgement,necessary interventions that include drug prescription,health education or referral,on site minor surgical procedure or recommendations for financial assistance to ensure medical compliance.
The doctor can also recommend for follow up in local clinic,government secondary healthcare facility or telephone monitoring by coordinating physician.
For the two days programme,we saw 220 patients including females,male,children in the community,elderly and other vulnerable group.
A successful programme was carried out and annual programme was scheduled for 2019 August.

The title of the project is free medical mission outreach service organized by BIMMED MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC .N.Y in partnership with afripillars integrated services .The target community are Imam dauda/bode Thomas communities and venue is kernel street recreational park off amosu street,Surulere,Lagos state.Date was 17th,18th August,2018,from 10@m to 5pm daily.
The actual proposal was written stating the problem,project rationale,project goal and objectives,strategies and activities,results:Impact,outputs and outcomes.A budget of 300000 naira equivalent of 833$ covering mobilization of community,mobile vehicle advertisement of programme,designing and printing of fliers,logistic/transportation,accommodation,feeding and refreshment for the team,medical consumables TB STRIPS,MALARIA TEST STRIPS,MEDICAL WASTE BOX,LANCET,FASTING BLOOD SUGAR STRIPS,GLOVES,MASKS,GOWNS,MEDICATIONS INCLUDING ANALGESICS,ANTIBIOTICS,ANTIDIABETICS,ANTIHYPERTENSIVES,ANTIFUNGAL CREAM AND TABLETS,MULTIVITAMINS,SYRUPS FOR CHILDREN,ANTIMALARIALS,ANTIHELMINTHICS,SEDATIVES AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS.
Also included in the budget is allowances for part time health professionals and other non medical supportive staffs.
The goal of the programme was to detect and treat the ten common causes of mortality in Nigeria specifically focusing on hypertension,diabetics,kidney diseases,infectious diseases – HIV,TB,MALARIA,HEPATITIS B,C.
THE project begins with a visit to the community I.e pre -outreach mobilization visit to solicit the support of all stakeholders in the community and discussing with them in detail to own the programme and encourage attendance as doctors,nurses,physiotherapist,health education staffs,nutritionist,pharmacist would be around to deliver quality medical services to all which include consultations,on site laboratory evaluations,medical prescription based on clinical findings.High and intermediate risk patient are referred to nearest health facility.
Primary healthcare centre covering the community is involved and an official letter is sent to the doctor in charge to partner with the team.
The state ministry of health is notified officially and reports,recommendations are sent to them at the end of the programme.
Local private healthcare provider in the community like pharmacy,nursing rehabilitation home,clinics and hospitals are invited to collaborate with team.
The programme team include other non medical staffs like P.A TO COORDINATING PHYSICIAN,DRIVER,PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEO COVERAGE ASSISTANTS,TWO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS.The programme began l hour earlier than scheduled with patients waiting as early as 7:30am in kernel recreation centre/park.See pictures on our website : bmedfoundation.org.
The administrative staff /nursing assistant records the patient medical data like age,sex,occupation,height,weight,address, phone number.
Next is nursing staff consultation who will check b.p,pulse rate using oximeter,random or fasting blood sugar and take medical history based on complaints,vital signs and recommend tests to be done by patient in third stage.
At third stage,on site laboratory tests, malaria,urinalysis,fasting /random blood sugar and samples for cases that need follow up were taken.
The doctor consultation is the fourth stage who would review all available findings from lst to 4th stage and make appropriate clinical judgement and necessary interventions that can include drug prescription,health education or referral,on site minor surgical procedures,referral to optometrist,physiotherapist,referral to lab scientist for further off site tests,immediate referral to nearest clinics ,hospitals for admission or recommendations for financial assistance to ensure drug availability and compliance.
A typical patient goes through the four stages at no cost and between the hour of 9@m and 6:pm with l hour break.We managed total of 150 patients on the two days programme.
A successful programme was carried out with commendations for the team.