Proposal passed, on Sunday 6 Oct
Setting up micro clinics in Nigeria to provide free primary healthcare
Funds required: £4,200
Region: 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Partners:
AHA Initiative

The proposal below outlines a long-term project aimed at creating sustained impact. The project's scope and effectiveness are expected to grow over time. Any future funding towards the project will require another vote.

This proposal seeks funding to pilot a new long-term project in Nigeria to set up micro clinics to provide free primary healthcare, including consultations, medications, and treatment to low-income citizens.

The proposed funding will cover a six-month pilot, including clinic setup, staffing, and visiting capacity for 2,000 Lagosians.

Why is this work necessary?

Approximately 60% of Nigeria's population is multidimensionally poor, and 40% live below the world poverty line of $1.90 per day. This dire economic situation forces citizens to make an impossible choice between sustenance and health. As a result, families are losing loved ones to easily treatable diseases that have had widely available cures for decades.

Malaria, a disease curable since 1932, remains Nigeria's leading cause of death, claiming over 200,000 lives annually. This tragic loss of life could be largely prevented with access to primary healthcare. However, only 20% of affordable government primary care centres are functional, leaving families with the heart-wrenching decision: "Do I eat? or do I buy some medicine?"

The solution

Convert unused and freely provided spaces in established community buildings (e.g. a church or supermarket) into micro clinics capable of supporting up to 4,000 visitors annually. These clinics will run Monday to Friday from 8am - 4pm.

The pilot will more specifically convert a space within a local church in Oworoshoki, Lagos and provide free primary healthcare to Nigerians who live far from or can't afford basic healthcare.

How this will work

Securing the location

Deep community support exists for this solution, first seeded in 2022 by the AHA initiative, our lead partner on this pilot. This support means the space is provided free of charge, as are the rent and utility costs.

Space Free
Renovation $3,333
Rent Free
Utilities Free

Staffing and stocking the clinic

Two experienced and registered nurses will staff each clinic. Supplementary capacity will also be available due to an existing network of willing volunteer medical doctors who will occasionally reside in clinics.

Clinics will have locally sourced medical equipment, medications, and necessary supplies, including feminine menstrual products and mosquito nets.

Salaries $200 / mo
Stock $150 / mo

Partnering with local pharmacies

Local pharmacies will occasionally donate medications and supplies to supplement the clinic's operations.

Community recycling

A plastic recycling programme will be attached to each clinic. This will allow patients, community members, and businesses to quickly drop off plastic waste, which, when recycled, will generate additional funds to support the clinic's operations.

Impact and outcomes of this work

Scaling this project over the long term will significantly reduce the burden of preventable diseases while smartly and cost-effectively improving overall community health.

Healthcare worker conducting medical exam on elderly man at outdoor clinic
By the end of the 6-month pilot, the micro clinic will have provided free primary healthcare to approximately 2,000 low-income Nigerians in Oworoshoki. Extending this project beyond the pilot will reach up to 4,000 individuals in a year.

Attachments

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That's all!

Please cast your vote by Sunday 6 Oct, and if you have any questions regarding the proposal you can reach out to the Kwanda team on team@kwanda.co