Enzemat AfyaPlus executive summary of the project.
Project Title: Enzemat AfyaPlus; “Youths against NCDs movement”
Enzemat Afya+ is a youth-friendly platform to raise awareness on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and help young generation to fight Non-Communicable diseases and hence to avoid being suffer letter in the future. Enzemat Afya+ through three major ways including; NCDs-Android/iOS mobile application to calculate risk of diseases and giving all information concerning NCDs, NCDs mobile Clinics to reach parts our countries where health services are limited such as early screening for NCDs and first ever NCD- clubs in secondary schools and colleges where this initiative believes number of youths are found. The target group for this initiative is youths at age of 18 years and above whom the idea believes they’re at risk of getting Non-communicable diseases due to their life styles and in turn to suffer during their old ages.
What problem will it solve?
The burden of diseases in Tanzania and Africa as a whole is high, with communicable diseases still prevailing. Increasingly the continent is confronted with the “double burden of disease” due to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Non-Communicable Diseases includes High blood pressure (Hypertension), Diabetes, Cancer, Overweight (Obesity) and Accidents. The major lifestyle factors such as unhealthy nutrition, smoking, physical inactivity, and excess use of alcohol are implicated in the etiology of non-communicable diseases (WHO, 2005). Enzemat Afya+ is therefore ready and keen to fight this problem among Tanzanian population. Recently youth at age of 18 to 45 have shown increased incidences of NCDs therefore Enzemat Afya+ aim to start up a movement which will enable youths to fight this health problem. In solving challenge of NCDs among youths, the idea believes that it will be able to as well create healthy generation free from life-style diseases who will be productive and save money used by government and other institutions to buy drugs and services needed for management of these diseases which is a lifetime process.
How will your idea solve the problem?
Enzemat Afya+ will solve the challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases by raising awareness among youth and its prevention methods through number of ways included in one single pack.
Firstly, Enzemat Afya+ will create an Android/iOS mobile application, the core aim of this App is to calculate the risk of disease. Disease risk calculation will be achieved by creation of automated electronic calculator which will be registering readings of number of screening tests that user will be taking. The automated electronic calculator will have set of ranges of tests results and level of risk per each range, this will therefore work as follows; once user take a screening test of one of diseases say Diabetes, test result of that day will be entered in the mobile app and saved then after number of tests (e.g. 5 to 10) the mobile app will be able to calculate and give out average test result and hence show level of risk user is currently at. The same calculation can be used to other diseases such as high blood pressure and obesity. Also, the app will be a sources of information on NCDs on ways to prevent such life style modification, symptoms, what to do when one experience some of the symptoms, as well as treatment awareness such one on medications to get reminders timely on adherence to medications for professional believes proper adherence to drugs will help to control.
Secondly, through having NCDs-Mobile clinics, Enzemat Afya+ with team of healthcare workers will conduct number awareness campaigns and screening programs to places where there’re no facilities or limited facilities (over-crowded centers) for early detection of diseases and initiation of treatment since health professionals believe that the major challenge in treatment of NCDs is due to late detection of diseases and due to late diagnosis most of the patients present at the health facilities with complications already.
Third, Enzemat Afya+ in working to achieves its goal of sensitization, will initiate first ever NCDs Clubs in schools and universities. These clubs are meant to be health clubs for youths which will be promoting different activities to societies regarding awareness of NCDs also creating a platform for youths to come with more ideas and solutions to end NCDs in Tanzania.
Project Work Plan.
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Project Budget
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Other Projects done under Enzemat Group;
- Enzemat Agronomics
- Enzemat Store
- Enzemat Events
- Enzemat Diagnostic Center
- Enzemat Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment.
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