Zanzibar
In January 2003, STACC joined with the Ministry of
Health in Zanzibar and the Ivo de Carneri Foundation of Milan to open
a clinic at Gombani on Pemba Island. Over a thousand patients attend each
month, with malaria being the commonest cause of illness. Most patients had to walk to the clinic. A generous donor gave STACC a Land Rover, which has been shipped from Europe to Pemba Island. As a result, a mobile clinic is now in operation in addition to the fixed clinic at Gombani. Arrangements are being made to distribute insecticide-treated bednets to protect children from malaria.
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