Maternal and Child Health
“Even here, we are not safe”: Refugees in Chad face extreme hardship as conflict continues in Sudan
What is happening in Sudan continues to affect the wider region. Sudanese refugees still face extreme hardships once they arrive in Chad. The humanitarian crisis has affected over 3.3 million people, with women and children suffering the most.
Read MoreCARE in Sudan: Providing lifesaving health care in one of the world’s most dangerous environments
During the war in Sudan that began on April 15, 2023, health services were severely disrupted, with medical facilities looted and destroyed. CARE Sudan has been working under extreme conditions to provide rapid support essential health and nutrition services.
Read MoreBangladesh: The poorer the mother, the less likely she has access to skilled delivery support
Most of the complications from which women die are preventable. Access to maternal care and skilled birth attendants is believed to be of utmost importance in reducing maternal mortality — yet almost half of all births in Bangladesh still take place at home without the help of skilled birth attendants.
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CARE Bangladesh drives social behavioral change in access to antenatal care
Since 2021, CARE Bangladesh has run multiple social behavioral change communication (SBCC) campaigns on Facebook and Instagram addressing health topics such as COVID-19, maternal health, and childhood immunization.
Read More‘It is beautiful work.’ The only doctor in a remote Sudanese village tells her story
Dr. Gisma Awad Hassan Rwah, the only doctor near the Sudanese village of Gorlangbang, navigates the country’s ongoing military conflict in order to treat patients in a mountain-top clinic without electricity and accessible only by donkey.
Read MoreCARE provides lifesaving mobile healthcare to vulnerable Afghans
“I am eight months pregnant, but this is the first time I'm seeing a doctor,” says Belqees*, 28, at a CARE mobile health clinic in Balkh province, northern Afghanistan. Like many women, Belqees either lives too far from a public hospital or cannot afford the transportation costs, and the cost of attending a private clinic puts that option out of reach
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