Our Clinics

Health care for children in Ghana (STACC Ghana) began in 2008 in Bongo District.  Health care and health education in school-age children are the main objectives of this team. 
The team has recently participated in the national programme for schistosomiasis control with the treatment of 23,000 school-age children in Bongo District.

Thanks to a most generous donation of £50,000, specifically designated to support childcare in Ghana, a much needed ventilator and monitor was purchased for the Paediatric team at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana. By September 2021 the staff were trained, the ventilator was installed, and babies and children in need of extra help and support began to be treated. This vital piece of equipment is already saving children’s lives. Dr John Adabie Appiah, Head of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at KATH, told us “This ventilator and monitor donation have been a real blessing. We were using transport ventilators which were old without humidification systems. This ventilator has shortened the length of patient admissions.”

    • Kenya

    STACC supports the BION project (Biotisho o Ntomonko o Nkerra - health care for mothers and children) to relieve Maasai children from malaria and diarrhoeal disease.  The BION project is registered with the Kenyan government. Health care for Maasai children living around Lake Magadi in Kenya began in 2007. 

    Latest News - from Seleina Limion, Director of BION :

    Changing the lives of the communities that we support
    BION provides support to mothers and their children through the provision of sensitization and training programmes. Mothers and their babies are supported up to 5 years old and girls are supported up to 14 years old. The training programmes focus on primary healthcare through the promotion of good health and prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases, access to clean food and water, safeguarding the rights of children, the provision of basic needs, and fostering good community relations to enhance a healthy and vibrant society. Training programmes are always well attended by between 70 to 150 people.
    Access to clean food and water
    BION organises workshops on how to handle, prepare, consume, and store food safely to maintain standards of cleanliness, hygiene and to retain nutrients in the food. Additionally, communities receive training on the importance of washing, thoroughly cooking food, washing hands before handling food, properly cleaning and storing cooking utensils, boiling of drinking water and proper storage of food in clean containers.
    Promoting Good health
    BION invites health workers to train mothers on personal health and hygiene, how to ensure their children are well taken care of in terms of vaccinations, proper nutrition for mothers and their children, benefits of breastfeeding, signs, and symptoms of common infectious diseases and how to respond to avert calamities.  
    Prevention of Disease: Malaria is one of the main killer diseases that affects mothers and children in the area and special focus has been put into training women on prevention measures against the disease. Over the years we have managed to distribute large numbers of mosquito nets as a measure to prevent malaria in rural communities.
    Safeguarding the rights of children
    BION in collaboration with child protection institutions has been working to safeguard the rights of children through the placement of children in rescue centres. We have a mechanism of reporting child abuse cases to the department of children offices. We have been creating awareness amongst the community about existing policies and laws on child protection, including highlighting negative cultural practices that affect the children.
    Basic needs and hygiene
    BION organise food programmes amongst various children’s homes and schools in need through the provision of food stuffs, blankets, water treatment, storage tanks and containers, provision of treated mosquito nets, detergents, provision of sanitary towels to girls and other items they need.
    Supporting the Community during COVID 19
    BION invested in training the youth in the community on preventive and containment measures to safeguard against the pandemic. Additionally, we were able to purchase hand washing stations, sanitizers, masks to support the community in staying safe.
    How BION has changed lives:
    More mothers and children are living healthy lives through the implementation of hygienic practices in the home and whilst handling food. Children now feel more protected since the community is more informed on how to report abusive child practices. All our efforts have had a significant role in promoting better livelihoods in the communities, a healthier population and happier children who perform well in their studies at school.

    All the above would not be possible without the immense support and contribution of STACC. We appreciate your continued support every year as we continue to enhance better livelihoods for the vulnerable in our society.
    Thank you so much.
    Seleina Limion






    In April 2022, the STACC Board was delighted to agree to provide support for part of a project providing essential primary health care provision for children in Masamambuka, Machinga District, a rural community in one of the poorest areas in Malawi. 

    STACC will provide some initial capital finance for Masamambuka Clinic, including funding for a solar energy plant to power refrigerators to keep medication fresh. In addition, STACC has agreed to make quarterly payments on treatments for children in the community for an initial period of five years. 

    Professor Mwapatsa Mipando, Chair of STACC-Malawi, said:

     “I am so excited by the venture we are about to go into as it will definitely transform the Masamambuka community”. 

    More news will follow as the project develops.




    Clinic profile by Professor Samuel Asaolu,Director, STACC-ILEIFE 
    STACC-ILEIFE was established at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1998 and is registered formally with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria. Our work depends totally on support from STACC.  
    The children we help 
    The clinic provides free primary healthcare for children up to five years old in communities in Osun State, southwest Nigeria, and most of the children cared for belong to poor parents, 70% of whom live below the poverty line. Most parents are peasant farmers, petty traders or artisans with low incomes, and most cannot afford to pay hospital bills or purchase genuine drugs to treat their sick children. Many of the children live in poor conditions where they are more exposed to disease transmission. Hence the communities have come to rely heavily on STACC-ILEIFE for their children’s healthcare.  
    How we work 
    STACC-ILEIFE’s work is provided through mobile clinics. The health team visiting the communities consists of five to six workers which includes a medical doctor, a midwife and a technical assistant. In addition, there are one or two field assistants and a driver. Currently, the mobile clinic is being run in ten communities in Osun State and each community is visited twice a month.   
     A typical clinic day 
    On a clinic day, the health team travels to the community with the drugs and other facilities required for the day’s work. Clinics are held in venues provided by each community. Each child brought to the clinic is issued an identity card, examined by the medical doctor, and given appropriate treatment and medication with the help of the nurse and the assistants. Records of all the care given are made. The doctor and the nurse also give health talks to advise the mothers on various aspects of child healthcare at each clinic. Children whose ailments are too serious for the team to treat are referred to the hospital.  
    How many children we help 
    The health team typically treats up to 60 children on each clinic day. Between January and September 2021, 238 clinics were held and 5,560 children under the age of 5 years received treatment. 
    Diseases treated 
    Fevers, mostly due to malaria, stand out as the most prevalent disease afflicting the children. STACC frequently provides funds for the purchase of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets which are distributed to the mothers to protect the children from mosquito bites and thereby reduce malaria transmission. The other main diseases are upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), gastroenteritis and skin and septic rashes.

    Latest News
    A total of 60 clinics were held from October to December 2021, treating 2,479 children for 35 different diseases.
    In spring 2022 STACC funded the purchase of a replacement vehicle for STACC-ILEIFE

    Health Education - mothers at Abebeyun Clinic singing a song about the timing of vaccinations for their children.

    • Uganda -
    St. Kizito's Hospital

    Since 2003, STACC has supported the cost of running the Children’s Ward at St Kizito's Hospital, Matany, in the North-east of the country. The ward, which is the biggest and busiest in the hospital, admits from 6,000 to 7,000 patients annually. STACC’s contribution amounts to about 35% of the annual cost, including staff wages, medicines, laundry and other supplies. There is an equally busy outpatient department for children. The hospital seeks to provide additional nutrients for local children and in support of this programme STACC has sent funds to cover the cost of a vegetable garden and the purchase of a small flock of goats for a supply of much needed milk. 
    Malaria and respiratory tract infections account for over half of hospital admissions. Malnutrition is one of the top five causes of death in the under-fives.

    Matany School of Nursing and Midwifery
    There has been a Nursing School at St Kizito’s Hospital since 1984. The training takes 2.5 years, with a total of around 127 students, half of whom are studying for a Certificate in Nursing and half for a Certificate in Midwifery. Success rates in national examinations since 2017 has been 100%. The cost for full sponsorship to train one nurse and provide board and accommodation is approximately £1,475. Many potential students cannot afford these fees, as their parents have died or there are too many other siblings who need to be supported and educated. 
    Funding is urgently required to be able to train further nursing students. Please contact us if you wish to donate to this cause. 

    Latest News
    Celebrating its 50th year, Brother Gunther tells us about everyday life at St Kizito’s
    I would like to tell you a little bit about my everyday life at St. Kizito Hospital in Matany. My name is Br. Günther Nährich, a nurse by profession. But as a Comboni Missionary it is important to be flexible and to take on tasks that are necessary.
    Thus, in 1998 I was asked to become the Administrator of Matany Hospital. This task gives me a lot of fulfilment, because I feel that a lot of things are easier to do through good organization and cooperation, especially in such a remote area as Karamoja, a savannah area, approx. 500 km northeast of the capital Kampala.
    Our hospital has existed for 50 years now and we can help thousands of children every year to regain their strength through vaccinations, treatment of illnesses and helping malnourished children.
    Since my job is mainly in the office and on the computer, I still take time to stop by the hospital wards. Of course, I particularly like going to the children's ward, where often more than 100 children are being treated daily. As we have got only 88 beds in children’s’ ward, some of the children and their attendants, mostly their mothers, have to sleep on mats on the floor.
    During the rainy season, which is about to end, we see an increasing number of diseases such as malaria, infections of the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal diseases, etc. As a result, our children's ward is overcrowded. Since the government health centers do not have enough medicines in stock, more patients from our catchment area and also from other areas come to us to Matany to get help. It is a challenge to make sure the drugs were always available.
    It is great that we have got a good team spirit among the staff in the hospital. In order to look after the many children, nurses also help out from other wards to support the overburdened staff in the children's ward. The attached photo from the overcrowded "infusion room" of the children's ward shows this situation.
    When I reach the nutrition ward, Anna, the nurse there, told me the other day, that the goat milk that little malnourished Esther is given several times a day, has already gained new strength. She can now play in the play room with the other children and is no longer as tired and droopy as when she came to us 10 days ago. That is of course very gratifying. When I informed our shepherd that the goat milk helps the children on the Nutrition ward, he is very proud.
    Of course, I could tell you many other stories from here, but maybe another time.
    In any case, I thank you all very much, also on behalf of our children, who get well again with your help. 

    Br. Gunther, St Kizito’s, Matany, Uganda

    Uganda - St. John's Hospital

    Since 2016, STACC has supported the cost of running the Children’s Ward at St. John’s Hospital at Aber, in the middle of the country. The ward admits about 4,500 children annually and STACC’s contribution amounts to about 40% of the annual cost, including staff wages, medicines, laundry and other supplies.

    From Sister Seraphine - "Success story of a pregnant mother who delivered with difficulties and her life and the baby were saved"
    Anyango Eunice aged 26 years old, a Ugandan from Oyam district Loro Subcounty, she is a peasant farmer with 1 living child and carrying a second pregnancy. She has been attending antenatal care in Loro HCIII, on 26th/Jan/2021 she started feeling pains on her lower abdomen, and the waist. She then decided to visit her nearest health centre Loro HCIII. 
    On admission in the health centre, she was found to be in active labour, which progressed well, at the time of delivery the midwife realised that the baby was presenting with the breech (buttocks). In a health centre like these with no scan facilities to detect abnormal presentations and inability of mothers to afford these services from the hospital it’s difficult for the midwife make a diagnosis early. 
    The midwife could not conduct such a delivery due to the risk of complications. She quickly made a decision to refer the mother to the hospital, she contacted the ambulance which is supported by St. John XXIII hospital Aber, the ambulance arrived on time and she accompanied the mother as well.  
    On arrival to St. John Hospital XXIII, the doctor and the midwives were in labour suit, they received the mother, the doctor delivered her with difficulties, she had a breech delivery to a male baby who weighed 4 kgs, the baby had difficulties in breathing, but immediate intervention was done to help the baby breathe by bag and mask and later the baby was transferred to neonatal care unit for close monitoring, at the same time the mother stated bleeding heavily, lifesaving interventions were done and the bleedings was arrested.
    Anyango when asked how she felt after such tough experience she said ‘Am so great full for the nurses and the doctors who took care of me and managed to save my life, and to St John XXIII hospital Aber for the ambulance support because I did not pay any money for transport’ 
    Currently the mother and the baby are doing well - photo opposite.


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