Know Your Worth: Community Health & Sickle Cell Awareness Drive For Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
''Know Your Worth'' was SSHAI's first healthcare service delivery program.
Yelewata IDP Camp, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
20 June, 2026.
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Program Overview:
Program Overview:
The program was developed to improve access to health information, clinical/laboratory services, and sickle cell awareness among internally displaced persons residing in the camp.
This program was done in honour of 'World Sickle Cell Day, 2026.'
The Yelewata community in Guma LGA was affected by a major communal violent attack in June 2025, following which survivors sought refuge at a temporary IDP shelter in Makurdi. UNICEF reported that the conditions within the camp included overcrowding, limited water supply, and strained access to basic services, highlighting the health vulnerabilities of camp residents. (Onuoha-Ogwe, 2025, 2026).
Target Population: Internally displaced persons/IDP camp residents
Collaborators: Benue Medical & Dental Students Association (BEMSA-National), Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), community leaders within the camp, individual donors, advisors, and supporters.
Watch the highlight video below to have a look at our impact.
Key Activities & Outputs:
Key Activities & Outputs:
Community Health Education & Engagement: 3 sessions with topics including sickle cell disease awareness, infection prevention, and hypertension and diabetes awareness
242 beneficiaries reached.
Clinical & Laboratory Services: Vital assessments, laboratory investigations (including screening for genotype, malaria, HIV, hypertension, and diabetes), medical consultation/counselling, and pharmaceutical support (essential drug delivery) with referral support.
162 beneficiaries received full clinical services
248 screening assessments
82 genotype screenings completed
2 referral services & linkage to care
Research, Data Collection, and Program Documentation: Screening/data collection using the standardized tool, documentation of relevant beneficiary details, service records, and other activities
203 data collection participants
Associated Program:
Pattern & Prevalence Of Common Health Conditions among Internally Displaced Persons in an IDP Camp in Benue State, Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study
- Research & Data Unit, SSHAI
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