Health

Fighting for maternal health in Ethiopia with two sticks and fertilizer sacks

By Sarah Easter • April 15, 2024

“This month a woman lost her baby because it was in a wrong position. I was responsible for getting the stretcher to her, but I was too late to save the baby."

Cradle of courage: a lone nurse in Sierra Leone bringing new life into the world

By Mary Kate Wilson • March 26, 2024

In Sierra Leone, one of the countries with the highest maternal death rates in the world, nurse Zainab works tirelessly to save lives at a remote clinic, ensuring no mother dies on her watch.

The world’s best-dressed nurse is in Sierra Leone: #SheLeadsTheWorld

By Mary Kate Wilson • March 1, 2024

For International Women's Day 2024, CARE and acclaimed photographer Nigel Barker traveled to Sierra Leone to capture the essence and power of women's leadership through portraiture. Kadiatu was just one of the leaders the team met with.

Sudan: camels provide a lifeline to rural patients in need of help

By Shakir Elhassan with Reid Davis • January 29, 2024

CARE Sudan is using camels to ship lifesaving medical supplies to remote areas in East and South Jebel Marra in the southwestern section of the country.

Where climate loss and damage means life and death

By Travis Nichols & CARE staff • December 11, 2023

At COP28, world leaders are talking about climate "loss and damage" while the people of Somalia are living it.

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Once-in-a-century floods are ravaging Somalia. Here’s how you can help.

By Travis Nichols • November 10, 2023

After enduring drought and climate effects for years, Somalia now faces a once-in-a-century flood disaster, with over a million affected.

Lebanon: what happened to health care?

By Mary Kate Wilson • October 3, 2023

In 2019, there were about 18 million fewer health workers than needed around the world. After two years and 15 million deaths over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, this gap has likely increased dramatically to at least 26 million fewer health workers than we need.

Lessons Learned in Building Sustainable and Accessible Chatbots

By Priya Pradhan • May 12, 2023

After developing WhatsApp chatbots to support CARE Bangladesh and CARE Nigeria's programs promoting immunizations, CARE learned numerous important lessons about chatbot logistics, developing content, and chatbot building.

CARE Nigeria explores digital health campaigning through WhatsApp

By Priya Pradhan • May 10, 2023

Building on pre-existing efforts to engage communities and increase their access to vaccination services, CARE Nigeria developed and launched a chatbot on WhatsApp in 2022 that disseminated early childhood immunization information in an engaging, yet easy-to-use format.

CARE Bangladesh launches chatbot on WhatsApp to promote immunization

By Priya Pradhan and Priyotosh Das • May 4, 2023

CARE Bangladesh—with support from Meta—used Turn.io's user-friendly platform to build a chatbot on WhatsApp that would provide people in Bangladesh with immunization knowledge.

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