Africa

Medic Outpost projects in Africa are focused on supporting local, rural, remote communities in their efforts to develop and provide healthcare to their people. While the needs of the communities we equip and train are diverse, their goals are similar – to ensure access to quality, life-saving medical care. In addition to rural communities Medic Outpost Africa works in poor neighborhoods on the outskirts of Nairobi to bring critical treatment and training to primary school children and school staff. Our goal is to treat all young children for parasites and vitamin deficiencies that affect physical and mental development. We believe that schools should be a safe haven for the young. Training teachers and equipping schools with emergency equipment is the best way to keep children safe.

Afya Kids Project

“The the future of Africa lies in the health and education of it’s impoverished youth”

Sarah Magenda, Medic Outpost Director Africa

Afya means “health” in Swahili. The Afya Kids project began in the slums of Nairobi. Medic Outpost Africa is focusing on attacking intestinal parasites and vitamin deficiencies that plague small children in resource poor communities. To date we have treated over 10,000 primary school children ages 6 months to 12 years old. Our programs include education in hyigene, preventative health, and Afya Kids first aid training. To date we have trained over 6,000 children health programs including our first aid program. Girls 5 to 9 years old are most often the primary caregivers to their younger brothers and sisters in poor communities. Providing appropriate emergency training to these children is saving countless lives.

SAVE A RANGER | COMBAT CASUALTY CARE 

Nearly 1,000 game rangers have been killed in the last decade, mostly in conflicts with heavily armed poachers and bandit militias in remote areas of the developing world. Though rangers receive basic first aid education, they need more robust medical training.  Medic Outpost has developed a Combat Casualty Care program customized for the ranger environment.   This program has saved lives in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service and Medic Outpost will be offering our courses to any wildlife protection rangers in need.

Meru National Park, Kenya. Medic Outpost Combat Casualty Care

  • We provide cost effective, sustainable, and advanced training for first responder units involved with anti-poaching and resource protection.   

  • Rangers learn critical life-saving skills to treat themselves and others in the field.   

  • To create a sustainable model with long-term results, we train students to become future trainers.    

  • We partner with game reserves and follow up with partners after initial trainings. 

  • We offer scenario-based training using high-quality simulation equipment.   

  • We provide small, lightweight tactical field medical kits with cost-effective essential equipment. 

KIBUGUA HEALTH CENTER 

Located 16 kilometers from the town of Chuka, Kenya, Kibugua Health Center is a small rural clinic that serves approximately 14,000 people. Staffed by nine nurses and one part-time medical officer, the clinic has single-bed labor and delivery and emergency departments, a small pharmacy, and a Tuberculosis and HIV department. Medic Outpost assists the clinic with training and equipment to improve the quality of patient care and increase community involvement.  

Alex Mugambi, director Kibugua Health Center

A day in Kibugua

  • The center sees around 30 children a day for basic check-ups, life- threatening diarrhea, respiratory emergencies, and other conditions.   

  • Kibugua staff is not trained in advanced pediatric life support or neonatal resuscitation, and the clinic does not own pediatric emergency equipment.  

  • The single-bed emergency room attempts to treat 10 to 12 patients a day.    

  • The ER has no nebulizer or emergency crash cart with standard equipment.  

THRAKKA NITHI FIRE & RESCUE 

Thrakka Nithi County is situated near the base of Mt. Kenya and is home to over 250,000 people scattered throughout remote villages. Each year, thousands die on the winding and dangerous rural highway system. Local resident Alex Mugambi formed Thrakka Nithi Fire and Rescue Team to address the area’s need for medical care, beginning with only two old fire trucks and a month of firefighting training provided by patrons in England. They had no emergency medical equipment, no medical training, and no ambulance.  

In 2019, Medic Outpost began partnering with Alex and his team in their endeavor to create an emergency medical system for the region.  

  • We provide emergency medical training in trauma management, preventive health, and advanced airway management.   

  • We provide medical kits, diagnostic equipment, and airway supplies. 

  • We are committed to ongoing training and supply provision. 

Chuka, Kenya Rescue Team in Medic Outpost Training