Health worker goes door-to-door to prevent blindness
Salum Ismail Ngoli is a husband, a father and a farmer in rural Tanzania — but he’s also a health care hero. As a volunteer case finder, Salum goes door-to-door in his community...
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In Kenya, a new baby care technique is helping erase infant mortality
Most parents will tell you they keep their children close to their heart. For Lavender Atienos, doing so was the difference between life and death for her premature twins. Do yo...
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Father saves newborn's life with healthy foods and support from local health workers
Abdu Hurana’s wife died soon after giving birth to their fourth child. Alone, he didn’t know how to feed his newborn son. Banana juice, porridge and mashed potatoes didn’t nouri...
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Health workers in Kenya think outside the box to serve mothers and babies during the pandemic
In Nairobi’s poorest slums, health workers work hard to ensure mothers and babies receive the basic health care they need to stay healthy and thrive. But during the COVID-19 pan...
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Clean water, close to home, changes lives in Yemen
I don’t think either one of us looks at a mudpuddle and craves a drink. But for many of the world’s residents, puddles and polluted streams are the only water sources they have ...
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Haitians need health care after back-to-back disasters. Will you help?
Our mission is to bring health in reach for everyone, everywhere — even to disaster zones where the rain is still pouring. And we need your help!
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Ensuring a generation of children grow up healthy and strong in Indonesia
Malnutrition doesn’t have to kill a child to have devastating effects. Chronic malnutrition can lead to stunted growth, developmental delays and other life-long deficiencies tha...
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Thank you for helping families stay safe from COVID following back-to-back hurricanes
When back-to-back hurricanes swept across Honduras, they heaped more devastation on top of the existing challenges of poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic. Crops and livelihoods we...
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In South Sudan, mobile clinics ensure mothers and babies can receive care wherever they go
Deborah Nyanduk is lucky to be alive. She has survived multiple pregnancies and deliveries without ever seeing a doctor — because medical care is almost nonexistent in the war-t...
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When you’re equipped for war, you’re ready to work
My friend Dr. Erica Koima has a first-hand account of what it’s like to see an overwhelming number of COVID-19 patients come to her clinic near Nairobi, Kenya. She and her coll...