Health For Nigeria initiated the Nurse A School project in line with our mission to ensure that all Nigerian have access to basic primary healthcare services. The Nurse A School project aims to provide public schools around the country with a functioning sickbay and a registered Nurse to cater to the healthcare basic healthcare needs of students and staff of the school. The nurse would provide basic first aid and healthcare support through nearby Primary healthcare centers but beyond that the Nurse would also be responsible for health education, awareness, and literacy through the establishment of an interactive health club at each school.
What is Nurse A School?
The Nurse A School program is targeted at under-served schools in rural areas around Nigeria. Health For Nigeria recruits, trains, and deploys registered nurse (RN) fellows who will run clinics/sickbays in public schools, provide healthcare support services to students & staff.
The RNs would also work with the school to foster health education, health awareness, and health literacy by establishing interactive health clubs at schools that would be lead and run by the students and supported by the school nurse.
A major goal of this program is to foster a lifetime of health awareness and healthy habits in the students.
The nurses would also be key in the COVID19 response and recovery efforts in opening schools. They would be trained in the best COVID19 re-entry and re-education practices to be utilized in the schools.
Our step by step approach
Recruiting and selecting highly motivated young registered nurses to serve in public schools across Nigeria.
Operating a fellowship program that includes continuous mentorship and support of all healthcare activities in the schools.
Providing a healthcare leadership and management curriculum that all our Nurses would be required to complete as part of the program, alongside their clinical duties at the schools. The course is designed to develop their leadership and management capacity in the healthcare field.
Supporting health systems across all regions in Nigeria, lessening the burdens of over congestion, access to care and sub-standard health service.
FAQs
Why Schools?
With over 10 million students in secondary schools and over 20 million in primary schools there is an opportunity to reach a substantial percentage of Nigeria’s at risk population by providing health services in a place where they spend a good amount of their time, Schools
Where are you currently operating?
We are currently operation in Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, and Osun states. We are looking to expand to all state in Nigeria. We are Health For Nigeria after all!
How long have you been operating?
We launched in January 2020 and have been working hard to provide healthy learning environments for students all over Nigeria.
How can I be a part of this?
You can donate towards our cause, sponsor a nurse, sponsor or a school and so much more. We are also always looking for partners to provide in-kind donations ad other much needed support. Visit our SPONSOR A NURSE page to learn more.
This is our flagship nurse a school project established in November 2020. This project was sponsored by Dr. John Smith through Prestige Healthcare Resources. The sickbay here is being managed by Ms Folasade Ajiboye (RN) who is also our Nursing Coordinator
Basorun Ojoo
Basorun Ojoo
Basorun Ojoo
Ekunle High School 1, Iseyin
This location was sponsored in part by Mr. John Osode. This school is part of a school complex with Ekunle High School 2 with over 1500 students. Our primary Nurse here is Nurse Abidoye Abimbola.
Ekunle
Ekunle
Ekunle
Comprehensive community High School Sickbay was sponsored by Ms Bumi Adeyera the founder and CEO of Above Standard Healthcare and consulting. There are about 500 Students and 20 Staff that attend the school. The sickbay is being run by Nurse Kemi Oke.
Comprehensive Awo
Comprehensive Awo
Methodist Girls High School
The sickbay at this location was a partnership with the Methodist Girls High School Administration and Health For Nigeria. We were implored to provide supplies and staffing for a defunct sickbay that had been built at the school prior to our partnership. The school is an all girls school with over 600 students and the Nurse in charge here is Nurse Kemi Oke.
Methodist Girls High School
Methodist Girls High School
Methodist Girls High School
Comprehensive High School, Ode-Irele is one of the schools with the largest number of students with over 1000 students reported from JS1 to SS3. The sickbay here was established in honor of Late Chief Mrs. Regina Rose Ogunlaja Nee Lebi by her Children and extended family.. We worked with the school to Identify a trusted Nurse to serve as the primary healthcare provider, Nurse Adeola Tosin Luro.
Comprehensive Ode Irele
Comprehensive Ode Irele
Comprehensive Ode Irele
St. Stephens Grammar School
Stephens Grammar School in Ondo town is the home of our second sickbay location in Ondo State. The sickbay here was sponsored in full by Mr. and Mrs. Fadayomi and family. They were excited to bring our Nurse A School project to the heart of Ondo State. Tayelolu Oritsemuyiwa RN is the Nurse that is currently serving as the primary care giver for the students and staff at the school.
St. Stephens Grammar School
St. Stephens Grammar School
St. Stephens Grammar School
Our Nurse A School Sick bay at Baptist Grammar School was funded in partnership with Dr. Oluwatosin Olateju, the founder and CEO of Food and Care For All (FCFA). The school is located in Iresi town of the Boluwaduro LGA. Our resident Nurse, Akinpelu Opeyemi works diligently to provide healthcare services for the students and staff of the school as well as the surrounding community.
Baptist Grammar School
Baptist Grammar School
Junior Secondary School, Kayarda, Kuje is our sickbay location in Abuja FCT and was fully sponsored in full by CORNERSTONE GRACE. Nurse Ochigbo Grace RN is the Nurse that is currently serving as the primary health care giver at the school.
Junior Secondary School, Kayarda, Kuje Abuja
Junior Secondary School, Kayarda, Kuje Abuja
Junior Secondary School, Kayarda, Kuje Abuja
