A man gives vitamins to
children affected by the floods
in Mopeia, Mozambique.
SAVE THE CHILDREN PROGRAMMES
Save the Children is working around the world to improve healthcare for children and their families. Through the EVERY ONE campaign we are increasing these health and nutrition programs to reach more people – and ensure that no child under the age of 5 dies from preventable causes.
Here is an example of our work.
Save the Children is
educating pregnant
women in India like
Radha Yadav during
and after pregnancy.
INDIA
2 million children in India die every year from easily preventable diseases. A child dies in India every 15 seconds. We’re working with poor children and communities in Rajasthan and West Bengal to help them access good quality healthcare and treatment for malnutrition. When parents are better able to recognise and seek early treatment for the major childhood illnesses, children are much less likely to die.
Save the Children is
working in Mojiang,
China to help mothers
like Zhang Zemei,
28, and her 16 month
old daughter's, Bai Sisi.
CHINA
In 2007 382,000 children under the age of 5 died in China. We’re working in Yunnan, Anhui, Xinjing and Beijing to improve the health of mothers and children – training health workers to run workshops and provide care. We’re also supporting local communities to provide toilets and safe water.
Jenica Philip is
one of the health
care workers trained
by Save the Children.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
1 in 10 children in Papua New Guinea dies before their fifth birthday – the highest rate in the Pacific. Each week, 230 young children in Papua New Guinea die from preventable diseases like malnutrition, diarrhoea and malaria. We're working in the remote area of East Sepik to train local volunteers to treat common diseases such as malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition. Some village health volunteers are trained to attend births, while others are trained to advise about family planning and contraceptive use. Our 400 health workers treat over 40,000 patients annually.
Nishi with her
new born baby girl
at a Save the
Children health care
clinic in Bangladesh.
BANGLADESH
Malnutrition is an underlying cause of the deaths of two-thirds of children under five. We’re ensuring the poorest 10% of children have access to healthcare, proper sanitation and safe water and we’ve enabled nearly 11,000 children to get an adequate diet. The latest statistics show that Bangladesh has improved its child mortality rates by an impressive 51%, reducing the numbers of deaths from 149 per 1,000 in 1990 to 73 in 2005.
Fourzon, 19, is
a newly trained
midwife standing in
Miserabad village,
Afghanistan.
AFGHANISTAN
1 in 4 children in Afghanistan will die before they reach their fifth birthday. We’re training health staff from hospitals and clinics in child health and nutrition screening, as well as follow-up systems to ensure that children at risk are referred for appropriate help. And we’re reaching more than 15,000 women in rural areas with advice on the best child feeding practices for newborn babies and children under five.
Save the Children
has set up clinics
throughout Southern
Ethiopia to help
children like Alamonash.
ETHIOPIA
1 in 10 children die in Ethiopia before their fifth birthday. Children often don't get vaccinated against diseases because they can't access or afford healthcare. Malaria, which can be prevented and is treatable with medicines, is the biggest killer. In many rural areas there are no health clinics or services. We're helping more than people from the poorest households in Amhara region get free healthcare through our fee waiver initiative. We've built and equipped two health centres in remote areas, bringing services and medicines to 25,000 people. We are aiming to help 3.3 million women and children.
Bizimana, 3, at
a Save the Children
feeding centre in
Burungu, Kichanga,
DRC.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
1 in 5 Congolese children dies before reaching their fifth birthday, often from preventable illnesses such as malaria and from malnutrition. We are working in two areas of North Kivu to provide people with basic primary healthcare services, such as child immunisation, family planning, nutritional support and HIV and AIDS prevention. We have helped 27 health centres get up and running, and supplied 15 of them with new equipment and medicine, reaching a total population of more than 280,000.
