Early Childhood Healthcare.
Children are the future
Early childhood healthcare is essential in a child’s early development. There is an urgent need to reduce child mortality and morbidity, by using evidence-based interventions and new knowledge and technology.West and Central Africa remain the regions with the highest under-five mortality rate in the world, with one in eight children dying before their fifth birthday, which is 20 times higher than the average in developed regions (1 in 167). More broadly, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest neonatal mortality rate, recording 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (WHO, 2020).
Children born in sub-Saharan Africa face multiple barriers to surviving and growing: inadequate nutrition, limited access to quality care and expanded vaccination programs, clean water, and scarce sanitation facilities. Yet most of these deaths would be preventable if health systems were strengthened as a whole.
Our Approach
Uzima Foundation is committed to improving access to healthcare for children. Uzima seeks to leverage its provider networks to improve access to quality healthcare for children in vulnerable and underserved communities. Uzima further seeks to improve health systems by developing outreach teams to access the most vulnerable communities in addition the foundation seeks to establish standalone health clinics in areas with little or no access to healthcare access. These assets will focus on improving childhood healthcare and establish this program a core pillar.
