DEMOGRAPHICS
MED25’s principle of providing healthcare to communities most in need led us to focus on a health clinic in Kisui, one of the villages in Mbita. Our clinic serves as the base for reaching the larger Mbita area, farming communities in the hills as well as fishing communities along Lake Victoria. To ensure a healthy population, we reach one patient at a time, sometimes 50-60 patients a day at our clinic. Our reach is expanded through the Community Health Workers who serve an average of 350 households, over 2,000 individuals in one community. Learn more about the patients we treat through our Monthly Treatment Report.
Kenya is located in East Africa with a population of about 39.8 million, covering an area of 582,646 square kilometers (224,961 square miles). The major languages spoken in the country are Swahili and English, but the majority of the patients served at the MED25 clinic only speak their tribal language, Luo.
The life expectancy is 54 years of age for men and 55 years of age for women. Some of the challenges Kenyans face daily include high crime rates especially in the urban areas, more than 56% of Kenyans live below the poverty line, prolonged droughts, and unemployment.
Mbita District, the location of the MED25 Clinic, has a population of about 160,000 people. The average life expectancy is 37 years of age, and it has the highest HIV prevalence in Kenya with a rate of 30% compared to the national average of 6.7%. The majority of the Mbita population live along the lake in beach communities as the main economic activity is fishing.
