Dissemination of KaziKidz teaching and learning materials in Nigeria is on the way
Increasing healthy living options for schoolchildren in Nigeria today to decrease cardiovascular complications tomorrow.
In Nigeria, over 20 million people experienced cardiovascular complications in the past 4 years. Medtech Africa as an African Start-Up has received the US$125,000 grant and support from the Novartis Foundation for the Play4Health Challenge. The Nigerian innovation intends to work with the Ministry of Health, Nigeria Heart Foundation, National Youth Service Scheme, public and public schools to meet the challenge of reaching 120,000 learners as beneficiaries in 320 schools (including 1,000 teachers and 1,200 instructors) over the course of one year, with more than 200,000 learners benefiting from KaziKidz (culturally) contextualised teaching and learning materials in the second year.
CEO Nelson Igbiriki's team is receiving this acceleration grant to drive KaziKidz's innovation through a public-private partnership project. The implementation in Nigeria is also supported by the Ministry of Education. The results and key findings will also feed into the foundational work of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The UNESCO Chair Team will support the Nigerian project team with expert knowledge in the future. Therefore, a cooperation agreement between the participating institutions is to be worked out. Further information can be obtained from Nelson Igbiriki from Medtech Africa (Abuja, Nigeria).