JWCA is keen to partner with local NGOs in interventions for medical provision to alleviate these conditions. The health of street children is a major concern and the charity will prioritize these as matter of urgency.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 38% of all neonatal deaths and has the highest newborn death rate globally. 1 in 9 children dies before the age of 5yrs.
Chief causes amongst them include sepsis during birth (caused by lack of adequate medical care and sanitation during the birth process), Diarrhea, Malaria and malnutrition.
Eastern and Southern Africa have reduced death in under-fives by 48% from 1990-2011, while Western and Central Africa have reduced it by 33% during the same period. (USAID: A promise Renewed progress report, 2012).
Our beneficiaries and street children in particular are ten times more likely to be exposed to some form of disease.
