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One of the keys to alleviating poverty in the Eastlands is accessible and affordable basic primary health care for all individuals.
NESC will provide a tremendous service for our community in providing basic health care. Consider the following statistics. There is opportunity to make a large impact through simple health care.
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You can reasonably expect to live to 51 years old | ||
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If you live in Nairobi, there is a 9% chance that you won't live past the age of 5. If you are in the lowest wealth quintile there is a 15% chance. | ||
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If you are 5 years old or younger and have acute repiratory infection and fever you have a 45% chance of visiting a health facility | ||
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If you or your child need to visit a physician be prepared to wait. There are only 4,500 physicians for 34,000,000 people. | ||
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There are 37,000 nurses so you may opt to see one of them instead to reduce your wait | ||
Figures are for 2005 unless indicated. Source: World Health Statistics 2007