Organization: OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY DEPARTMENT JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL JOS PLATEAU STATE
Project title: WORLD HEARING DAY 2025: EMPOWER YOURSELF TO MAKE EAR AND HEARING CARE A REALITY FOR ALL
Primary region: AFR
Country: Nigeria
Event Description:
1. PUBLIC LECTURE
Theme: Changing Mindsets: Empower Yourself to Make Ear and Hearing Care a Reality for All
Sub-theme: Safe Ear and Hearing Care: The Role of Policy Makers in Making This A Reality for All
2. ADVOCACY
Advocacy visits to policy makers and heads of institutions relevant to hearing care.
3. HOSPITAL AND RURAL OUTREACHES
a.ENT outreach in JUTH. Free consultations, distribution of handbills and fliers, health talk.
b.Rural ENT Outreach to Fobur Community, targeting at least 500 members of the community. Free hearing assessments/tests, health talk and free medical consultations and drugs.
c. ENT Outreach at Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, Plateau State. Free consultations, distribution of handbills and fliers, health talk.
4. MEDIA AWARENESS/ENGAGEMENT
a. Media Engagement on the World Hearing Day Theme
b. Media Engagement: Hearing Loss in Children
c. Media Engagement: Hearing Loss: An Occupational Hazard
5. DISTRIBUTION OF WHD PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
Submitter: Esla Enjugu