STACC provides basic primary health care for
mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa.
STACC works
in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Uganda, Zanzibar and Kenya.
STACC gives top
priority to reducing the U5MR (Under Five Mortality Rate). The U5MR
gives the probability of dying between birth and reaching the age of
five years. The U5MR in Sierra Leone is 284 deaths per 1000 live births.
U5MRs in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania (Zanzibar) and Kenya are 198, 140,
165 and 123, respectively (data from UNICEF). In the UK it is 6.
The health of
young children is largely dependent on that of their mothers; ante-natal
and post-natal care feature prominently in the work.
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