The 5 fellows participating in this project utilized various collaborations to achieve the aims. The wellness wave consisted of a series of outreaches and rendering health interventions to communities and populations that needed such interventions.
The main objectives of the project were to enlighten various participants on the practice and benefits of healthy living and to promote a healthier society.
It featured the following;
1. Visit a vulnerable children’s home during the 2024 adolescent week to teach them about the peculiarities of being adolescents and how to dutifully navigate the stage and emerge thriving rather than just surviving.
2. Visit a rural community to teach them about the dangers of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetics.
3. Campaigns during World Antimicrobial Resistance Week to shed light on the dangers of AMR and how to appropriately use antimicrobials to prevent the epidemic of resistance.
4.It also featured teaching sessions to a group of young people where the advantages of regular health checks were highlighted and basic checkups were done for free for the participants.