Action Health Incorporated (AHI), with support from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF), continues to deliver essential healthcare services to vulnerable communities in Bama and Dikwa Local Government Areas of Borno State. Significant progress was recorded across several intervention areas during the first week of February 2025 (February 3–7, 2025).
Maternal Health: 245 women attended antenatal and postnatal care sessions, including 117 in Bama and 128 in Dikwa, ensuring they received essential health education, monitoring, and support. Skilled birth attendants safely conducted 24 deliveries in Bama and 19 in Dikwa, with equal numbers of maternal delivery kits (24 in Bama, 19 in Dikwa) distributed to support these births. Additionally, 204 children were treated and referred for moderate and severe acute malnutrition, with 103 cases in Bama and 101 in Dikwa.
Community Outreach and Healthcare Support: Mobile Medical Teams reached 1,955 individuals through targeted outreach (1,320 in Bama and 635 in Dikwa). Additionally, AHI delivered comprehensive life-saving essential services through its supported health facilities, benefiting 884 individuals, including 486 in Bama and 398 in Dikwa.
Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE): RCCE efforts focused on disseminating vital messages covering key topics such as malaria and cholera prevention, hygiene promotion, reproductive health (including ANC, PNC, safe childbirth, and breastfeeding), malnutrition, gender-based violence, and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. AHI directly reached 2,264 individuals (1,122 in Bama and 1,142 in Dikwa) through community engagement. In addition, a series of engaging jingles that emphasize disease prevention, proper hygiene practices, and nutritional guidance are being aired during motorized campaigns, thereby reinforcing the overall impact of the RCCE initiatives. Furthermore, 26 people with disabilities in Bama and 35 in Dikwa were supported with essential healthcare services, ensuring inclusive access to life-saving interventions.
Hygiene and Malaria Prevention: To enhance disease prevention efforts, AHI distributed hygiene kits to vulnerable women and girls (67 in Bama and 70 in Dikwa). Additionally, 440 Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs) were distributed in Bama and 240 in Dikwa to help protect vulnerable women and children from malaria.
Impact Highlights
Success Story
“The medicines are high-quality and very effective”: Aisha Mohammed’s Story
Aisha Mohammed, a 35-year-old mother of five from Boboshe Ward, Dikwa LGA, once lived peacefully with her husband, Abba Gana, a dedicated farmer. But in June 2020, Boko Haram insurgents stormed her village, abducting her and her children after her husband escaped. Refusing to marry a militant, she endured unimaginable cruelty, and her two eldest children, then 15 and 13 years old, were taken to an unknown location.
For two years, Aisha lived with the agony of separation until she was relocated to Fulatari IDP camp from a military operation that rescued her and many others. There, she miraculously reunited with her husband. However, the trauma took a toll on her health, causing severe hypertension.
“When AHI’s health workers visited and educated me on disease prevention, I shared my health concerns,” she recalls. “I was relieved to learn about free healthcare services at the Dikwa PHC and immediately sought help.”
With support from Action Health Incorporated (AHI) and the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF), Aisha received regular blood pressure monitoring, life-saving medication, mosquito nets, hygiene, and GBV counseling.
“For the first time in years, I feel relief,” she says. “The medicines are high-quality and very effective.”
Thanks to NHF, AHI continues to provide life-saving healthcare, restoring hope to vulnerable communities like Aisha’s.
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