About 40 secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been trained on health literacy, malaria prevention and other skills under the 'Power Forward' youth development programme. According to the organisers, no fewer than 200,000 students and youths in the FCT across several communities were trained under the initiative.
NewsAbout 40 secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been trained on health literacy, malaria prevention and other skills under the"Power Forward" youth development programme.
Adah noted that Power Forward, which was launched in 10 schools in 2013 and now across 40 secondary schools in Abuja, used basketball to teach health literacy, including malaria prevention and personal hygiene. It was attended by the Manager, Media and Communications for ExxonMobil affiliate companies in Nigeria, Oge Udeagha; NBA Africa Vice-President and Country Head for Nigeria, Gbemisola Abudu; PanAfricare Nigeria Country Director, Dr. Patrick Adah and Nigerian former NBA player and 2015 FIBA AfroBasket champion, Olumide Oyedeji.
He added that the initiative has continued to support malaria prevention and control programmes in Nigeria, which currently account for more than one quarter of the global burden of the disease.
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