Sigma Club, University of Ibadan has on Saturday, 28th of June, 2025 held its fourth health outreach. The outreach featured heath talks, check-ups, medical tests and giveaways.
Speaking with the chairman of the organizing committee for the health outreach, Daniel Bright Oghenetega, he stated that the main objective of the health outreach is to provide medical check-ups for university students who otherwise may not go for check-ups regularly.
"So we plan to give major tests such as
blood pressure and we're also checking the otoscopy because not at least most people have not done an otoscopy in their life. Most people have not done the otoscopy test before. So there's also the HIV and syphilis test and we also have the hepatitis B test which is also essential. So this test we believe is the normal thing that we can do and we should always be checking up on ourselves from time to time to ensure our body is in a very good condition," he said.
"This year we partnered with organizations such as the Medical Women Association of Nigeria. We also partnered with Asido Campus Network for the mental health aspect. We also partnered with the personnel from IK Nigeria for the HIV and syphilis test and we also partnered with medical laboratory scientists for the blood pressure and the blood sugar as well
as the hepatitis B test. For the otoscopy test, we reached out to a specialist, that's PU, that's an offer auditory service. We reached out to them and they are the ones that are going to perform the otoscopy," he further revealed.
When asked what other stuff should students be expecting from the outreach in the future, Mr Oghenetega said "as regards the outreach in the future, of course we always try to improve because the last edition didn't have otoscopy. The last edition didn't have hepatitis B test so eventually in the coming edition, we'll definitely look for more innovations with things that are student-friendly and also pertain to student life and that will be very essential."
