{"id":1322,"date":"2022-06-30T01:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T01:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidenigeria.org\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2022-07-13T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T13:02:05","slug":"fhi-360-saves-zaras-leg-through-urgent-and-efficient-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidenigeria.org\/index.php\/fhi-360-saves-zaras-leg-through-urgent-and-efficient-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"FHI 360 Saves Zara\u2019s Leg Through Urgent and Efficient Healthcare\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In 2020, six-year-old internally displaced girl Zara struggled with a painful leg tumor. Despite her family\u2019s recourse to different medical and traditional remedies in Ngala, Northeast Nigeria and in Fokotol town, Logone-et-Chari Department, Far-North region of Cameroon, her leg\u2019s situation did not improve. Doctors who had consulted Zara\u2019s leg recommended that she undergo a surgery which included a possible amputation of the affected leg. Since the family lacked the financial means to get Zara operated, they continued to treat her leg at home, especially as they hesitated to get the leg amputated.<\/p>

Zara\u2019s leg condition worsened with time as her pain got increasingly severe, which deprived her of sleep and forced her to drop out of school. At the same time, her father relocated to Lagos to pursue a new job but the family lost contact with him. In the absence of a breadwinner for the family, their needs got increasingly critical. \u201cWe sold some of our food reserves to be able to afford medical treatment for Zara\u2019s condition. We had tough times with no one to support us,\u201d said Zara\u2019s mother.\u00a0<\/p>

One year later, in 2021, Zara and her mother met aid workers of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) during activities conducted at the internally displaced persons\u2019 (IDP) camp in Ngala.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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They referred the little girl to the General Hospital in Ngala town, supported by FHI 360, where physicians consulted her leg and recommended that she undergoes a medical surgery. FHI 360 then referred Zara to aid partners in Maiduguri, who supported her treatment at the State Specialist Hospital. There they provided better treatment for Zara\u2019s particular leg condition. FHI 360 also supported the family\u2019s transportation from Ngala town to the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri and provided them with food assistance meanwhile. At the hospital, Zara\u2019s condition progressively improved thanks to the treatment. Her leg was saved, and she has resumed going to school.\u00a0The different and efficient referral actions between humanitarian organizations secured the right and needed treatment for Zara, which lasted about two months.<\/p>

\u201cIf not for FHI 360\u2019s intervention, I do not know the condition we would have been in since we had no money and no one to support us. I pray the Almighty to bless you to help more people in need,<\/em>\u201d said Zara\u2019s mother.<\/p>

Since 2017, FHI 360\u2019s Integrated Humanitarian Assistance to Northeast Nigeria (IHANN) project, funded by the USAID\u2019s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), has significantly supported IDPs\u2019 access to primary and reproductive healthcare, and their provision with health outreach services in conflict-affected areas. The project aims to mitigate and respond to health challenges in Bama, Banki, Damasak, and Ngala towns, in Borno state, with the ongoing challenging humanitarian situation in the north-east.<\/p>

FHI 360 strives to continuously provide care and support to IDPs across its projects. Additionally, with appreciation to effective collaboration and coordination between humanitarian partners, more people are being supported and positively impacted across Borno state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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