{"id":4830,"date":"2024-11-06T01:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T01:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-05-04T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T16:23:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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IMF Background<\/span><\/h3>

The utility of preventive measures in disease control is well recognized from time immemorial. Interventions such as health education, environmental sanitation, vaccination with appropriate agents, chemoprophylaxis and more recently genetic manipulation, have proved their worth in preventing or limiting the effects of infections the world over. Gene therapy and \u201cgenetic prophylaxis\u201d is now used in addressing genetically acquired diseases the world over. In Africa for example, inherited diseases such as sickle cell disease can now be eradicated thanks to \u201cgenetic engineering\u201d by removing the defective gene and inserting a normal one in its place.<\/p>

\u00a0Immunization has been universally effective, but particularly so in the poor resource limited countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Childhood immunization as per WHO guidelines has been highly successful to the point of eliminating some infectious diseases (for example smallpox was declared eradicated in 1972).\u00a0<\/p>

The degree of success however varies from region to region. In Europe and North America where efforts to control infections have been most successful, routine immunization with World Health Organization (WHO)- certified vaccines is for the most part accepted by the general populations and is government-propelled, although minor pockets of mild resistance still exist even in some of those advanced countries.\u00a0<\/p>

One recent example is the opposition to, or rejection of, the measles vaccine administered as part of the trivalent \u201cMeasles, Mumps and Rubella\u201d (MMR) vaccine in parts of the United States of America.<\/p>

The utility of preventive measures in disease control is well recognized from time immemorial. Interventions such as health
education, environmental sanitation, vaccination with appropriate agents, chemoprophylaxis and more recently genetic manipulation, have proved their\u00a0worth in preventing or limiting the effects of infections the world over. Gene\u00a0 therapy and \u201cgenetic prophylaxis\u201d is now used in addressing genetically\u00a0acquired diseases the world over.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0In Africa for example, inherited diseases\u00a0such as sickle cell disease can now be eradicated thanks to \u201cgenetic\u00a0engineering\u201d by removing the defective gene and inserting a normal one in its\u00a0place. Immunization has been universally effective, but particularly so in the\u00a0poor resource limited countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Childhood immunization\u00a0as per WHO guidelines has been highly successful to the point of eliminating\u00a0some infectious diseases (for example smallpox was declared eradicated in\u00a01972).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The degree of success however varies from region to region. In Europe\u00a0and North America where efforts to control infections have been most\u00a0successful, routine immunization with World Health Organization (WHO)-\u00a0certified vaccines is for the most part accepted by the general populations and\u00a0is government-propelled, although minor pockets of mild resistance still exist\u00a0even in some of those advanced countries. One recent example is the opposition\u00a0to, or rejection of, the measles vaccine administered as part of the trivalent\u00a0\u201cMeasles, Mumps and Rubella\u201d (MMR) vaccine in parts of the United States of\u00a0America.<\/span><\/p>

Mission\u00a0Objectives<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/h3>

The Foundation seeks to render help to poor\u00a0disadvantaged members of the community in critical areas of disease prevention\u00a0and control, through the provision, free of charge, of immunization services\u00a0and antenatal care up to the first three months of pregnancy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

This would be in\u00a0concert with state health authorities and other providers, and not in parallel\u00a0with them.<\/span><\/p>

Operational\u00a0Guidelines and Activities<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/h3>

An office headed by a director was established within\u00a0the Headquarters to supervise the takeoff activities of the foundation. A small
working committee (to be known as \u2018Action Committee\u201d) consisting of four Board\u00a0members was mandated to set up the Secretariat, draw up the initial activities\u00a0and approve expenditure up to a certain limit, beyond which the Chairman of the\u00a0Foundation or the full Board must approve. The committee was also to develop an\u00a0action plan for the Foundation. Members of this committee are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>AIG Adamu Gombe Abubakar<\/span><\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Alhaji Yaya Hammari<\/span><\/p>

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Dr. Habu Dahiru<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0 IMF Background The utility of preventive measures in disease control is well recognized from time immemorial. Interventions such as health education, environmental sanitation, vaccination with appropriate agents, chemoprophylaxis and more recently genetic manipulation, have proved their worth in preventing or limiting the effects of infections the world over. Gene therapy and \u201cgenetic prophylaxis\u201d is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4830","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4830"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5742,"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4830\/revisions\/5742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idrismohammedfoundation.org\/found\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}