Medical Clinics

Like education, basic medical care is a primary need both for Kids Alive residential children and for children and adults in surrounding communities. For this reason, medical care has become an outreach in many of the places where Kids Alive works.

Children not enrolled in a Kids Alive program come to our clinics daily to receive treatment for malnutrition, poor hygiene, dysentery, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other potentially lethal diseases.

Among the most important services provided by Kids Alive clinics are preventive treatments like vaccinations, regular child check-ups, hygiene education, dental care, prenatal care and child birth information. This preventive intervention not only saves lives, but often reduces the need for later emergency treatment for children.

Service Teams with medical backgrounds play a vital role in providing medical care through the Kids Alive clinics. A volunteer group of visiting nurses, dentists or hygienists can – in just a few days – provide care that is life-changing for hundreds of children in poor communities.