Global Alliance for Africa is planning the construction of an out-patient clinic focusing on Maternal and Child Health in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya. Lack of proper health services and facilities is a major problem in the slum due to the high fees charged by private clinics and the lack of alternative affordable health care services. Currently, there are four viable health clinics in Kibera slums; these clinics, however, are being overwhelmed by the demand for services from the ever-growing population in the slum.

Kibera is one of the most well-known of the slums, and with a growing population of approximately one million, it is one of the poorest, most violent, and densely populated of all the slums. Most individuals in Kibera slum live on less than one dollar per day, in six foot by six foot shanties constructed of mud walls and corrugated aluminum roofs. Inadequate sanitation, lack of clean water, and intermittent electricity contribute to the poverty, and poverty not only affects maternal and child health but also drives the infection rate for HIV up. The health clinic will be located in Kianda, which is one of the small villages situated in the larger Kibera slum. The construction of a health care facility in this area will have a profound effect on the targeted population.

Kianda is one of the largest and most congested villages in Kibera slum with only one other proper medical facility serving a population of 350,000. The population is faced with many different kinds of infections, including water borne and air borne diseases. HIV/AIDS is rampant throughout the slum. A large percentage of the population in this community is jobless. Most people, especially women, engage in small scale business (e.g., green groceries, kiosks, hair salons, shoe repair, etc.,) which have little return and cannot meet a household's daily basic needs. Many women do not take their newborn babies for immunization due to the long distance of the nearest clinics, lack of finances, or not being aware of the importance of immunizations for their children. Mortality rates for both adults and children are high and mainly due to AIDS-related complications, as well as malaria, intestinal disease, and tuberculosis. In spite of the difficulty in collecting reliable statistical data, it is nonetheless estimated that the infection rate for HIV in Kibera slum is between 8% and 20%, one of the highest in Kenya.