Upcoming Kenya Mobile Medical Clinic

A medical worker takes a patient’s blood pressure.

Since 2020, Kenya has experienced little rainfall, leading to ongoing drought. This year, weather forecasts are predicting the sixth season of underperforming rains. 

As a result, 5.4 million are expected to face acute food insecurity in the next few months and beyond. Children and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in particular will suffer. 

Many people throughout Kenya are pastoralists, relying on livestock for their livelihood. Yet an estimated 2.4 million livestock have died, in addition to thousands of wild animals. 

The ongoing drought has led to other issues, such as children leaving school, increases in gender-based violence and more susceptibility to illnesses. 

Malaria, a mosquito-borne illness, in particular continues to devastate communities throughout Africa. The disease can cause frequent illness and leave children with permanent disabilities. An estimated 10,000 children die from malaria each year in Kenya. 

This April, WCF is leading a medical team to multiple areas of southern Kenya. A total of more than 800 people are expected to visit our clinics.

Our team will be performing malaria testing and bringing along antimalarials to prescribe to patients. In the past, we’ve been able to collectively treat hundreds of patients with these and have saved lives as a result.

Practitioners on the trip include general doctors, OBGYNs and a midwife. Maternal care, in particular, is challenging with only 70 percent of births having skilled birth attendance and 5,000 maternal deaths annually. 

To learn more about WCF’s mobile medical teams, please visit our project page here.

You can send support for the team here by selecting "Life Center - Africa Mobile Medical Teams costs.”