Diseases Control Auto collage of the diseases control project exercise:

A. School Computer/Internet Laboratory

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Computer/Internet Laboratory with 22 computers, Internet Connectivity, Promethean digital interactive board, etc.

B. Brainstorming Sessions

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Brainstorming: (i. within each group & ii. the whole Project Team)

C. Students empowerment towards a successful project implementation

i. Mini - Lessons

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Mini-lesson on the Project Introduction, Internet Browsers, Search Engines, 21st Century Skills, etc by Mr. Oyelola Sanyaolu Stephen (Biology & Health Science Teacher)

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Mini-lesson on School Health Programmes by Mrs. Nkechi Enebili (School Nurse)

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Mini-lesson on MS Word & MS PowerPoint by Mr. Ibrahim Shekwoaye Jonathan (Computer Science Teacher)

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Mini-lesson on how to draw using the Promethean Interactive Whiteboardby Mr. Thomas G. Odeleye (Visual Arts Teacher)

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Mini-lesson on MS Excel and Paint by Mr. Anakhaso Lucky Ewela (Mathematics Teacher)

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Mini-lesson on Speech Delivery by Mr. Olusoji Egbejobi (English Teacher)

ii. Field Trips {Students get first hand Information from experts through: i. experts educating the students, ii. students interviewing the experts, and iii. students taking up the role of medical experts and educating the people (i.e. patients, fellow students, staff and Nyanya Neighbourhoods) on the control of these diseases in our communities}

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Visit to the School Clinic by the “School Health Promotion Group”. Students were educated on how to take good care of themselves, eat well and wisely, and avoid some of the diseases/

illnesses students always complain of as noted in the School Clinic Health Record Book.

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Visit to Nyanya General Hospital by the “Foundation (Kanu Heart Foundation and Bill Gates & Meltida) Group”. Here students were properly educated on the endemic diseases in Nigeria by the HOD of the pediatric department. The HOD took the students round the units of the department.

Students also conducted interviews, took the monthly statistics of illnesses from the record book of the pediatric dept.

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Visit to Federal Ministry of Health by the “Federal Ministry of Health (FMH) Group”. Here students were appropriately educated on the following endemic diseases by four different

experts: trachoma, onchocerciasis, and schistosomiasis.

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Visit to the National Agency for the Control of AIDS by the “National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Group”. Here students were accurately educated on HIV/AIDS by three different experts: Like any other group, the students also conducted interviews, took

pictures and video clips, etc.

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Visit to the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Idu by another “Governmental Agency (NIPRD) Group and the International Agency (UNICEF) Group”. Here

students were well educated and taken through the various stages of extraction on active principles from our local medicinal plants to the production of drugs (tablets & syrups) by

different experts (HODs and Staff) of various departments and units of the institution. These drugs are use in the treatment of different endemic diseases and NICOSAN for the treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia. The students also conducted interviews, took pictures and video clips, etc.

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Visit to World Health Organization (United Nations House, Abuja) by the “World Health Organization (WHO) Group”. Here students were perfectly educated about WHO,

Surveillance, and on operational research by three different experts: The students also conducted series of interviews.

D. Project implementation

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Individual Task Execution

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Paired Tasks Realization

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Group Tasks Performance

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Collaboration among all the various groups

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Making of different models of pathogenic organisms for making animation video clips

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Different representations of pathogenic organisms produced for making animation video clips, PowerPoint Presentation, and drama on diseases control.

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Making of placards for the awareness campaign within the school and Nyanya Neighbourhoods on the need to control endemic diseases in our communities

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Some of the placards produced for the awareness campaign within the school and Nyanya Neighbourhoods on the need to control endemic diseases in our communities

D. Awareness campaign and educating the rest of the school and the Nyanya community members

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Visit to Nyanya Neighbourhood by the “Individual/ Family / Community Group and members of other groups”. Here students were able to discover some of the causes of the diseases in their communities: dirty environment, stagnant water, unhygienic condition of the place of bore holes and the containers use in selling water to the neighbourhood etc.

The students also conducted interviews to the community members.

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Awareness campaign within the school on the control of endemic diseases in our environment

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Project students using PowerPoint presentation of their work in educating the rest of the school community on the urgent need in the control of endemic diseases in our communities

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Awareness campaign and educating the Nyanya community members on the need to maintain a cleaner environment, ensuring that they immunize their children against the

killer diseases, maintain personal hygiene etc

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Visit to Food Vendors in Nyanya Neighbourhood by the “Individual/ Family/ Community Group and members of other groups”. Students conducted interviews and advised the food vendors on the importance of maintaining proper hygienic conditions in the food

preparations and in their environment.

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Educating the Nyanya community members on the need to maintain a cleaner environment, ensuring that they immunize their children against the killer diseases,

maintain personal hygiene etc

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Cleaning of the environment demonstrated by the students to the community people after the awareness campaign and educating the people on methods of disease

control

E. Outcomes of the awareness campaign and educating the rest of the school and the Nyanya community members

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Constant cleaning exercise being carried out by the students. The school also provided waste bins round the school compound ensuring cleanliness of the school

compound at all times

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Cleaned environment always being maintained by the school community

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Cleaned environment being maintained by the Nyanya neigbourhoods