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Impact Reports

CARE Right to Health Impact Area Strategy

September 24, 2024

Across the CARE federation, advancing health remains a key impact area strategy. Aligned with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, this Right to Health Strategy is an update on the 2020 strategy. The four interrelated areas of focus contribute to building resilient, equitable, and accountable health systems.

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Evaluations/Research

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024

May 28, 2024

Menstrual Health and Hygiene is relevant to all of us. The theme of this year's Menstrual Hygiene Day is a #PeriodFriendlyWorld. CARE's work with schools, communities and displaced persons supports menstrual materials, infrastructure and education that break down taboos and increase access to menstrual hygiene for all. Below is a small collection of some of CARE's recent work in menstruation.

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Impact Reports

She Heals The World Overview

May 14, 2024

She Heals the World is a CARE initiative to support and enable frontline community health workers (FCHWs) around the world through innovative and complimentary programs and advocacy efforts. Read more here about who FCHWs are, why they are important, and how CARE is helping them, especially women, become empowered, valued, and prioritized.

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Lessons Learned

Integrating Health & Climate Justice for a Resilient Future: a Program Brief

March 15, 2024

Climate change is projected to lead to 250,000 more deaths annually from 2030 to 2050 due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress. Low-income countries and marginalized groups like women, children, migrants, ethnic minorities, older people, and those with health issues are most vulnerable to these climate-related health risks.

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Evaluations/Research

Community Health Worker Programs: Gaps and Solutions

March 13, 2024

A CARE multi-country study analyzing government-supported community health worker programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Nigeria and the United States using the CHW Assessment and Improvement Matrix (AIM) found that insufficient funding of these programs affects remuneration and other incentives for community health workers but also leads to inadequate resources for training, data collection, and equipment and supplies. This negatively impacts community health workers’ motivation, retention, and recognition and, in general, poses major barriers to achieving Universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. Governments must step their support and investment in community health workers, properly integrate them into health systems and ensure a broader enabling environment for them to unleash their full potential.

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Annual Reports

CARE 2023 Annual Report

March 8, 2024

The global crises we faced in 2023 left us with little time to catch our breath. Earthquakes, floods, cyclones, and droughts dominated the year, accentuated by the ongoing effects of climate change and the humanitarian toll of conflict. This year saw a record-high number refugees – more than 100 million – as ongoing conflict in Ukraine continues to devastate food systems worldwide. Through it all, CARE has been there, as we have been for 78 years: working hand-in-hand with communities to bring relief and hope, supporting women and girls because they are disproportionally poor and have the greatest leverage to defeat poverty.

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Lessons Learned

The True Cost of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in South Sudan

March 1, 2024

CARE, jointly with the National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign (NCVC)/Integrated COVID-19 Vaccination and Preventive Therapy (ICVOPT) successfully administered 637,338 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in South Sudan. This was achieved by utilizing innovative methods like boat deliveries and community engagement.

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Impact Reports

Adolescent Mothers Against All Odds (AMAL)​ – Locally Developed, Globally Scaled​

February 21, 2024

The AMAL Initiative, locally developed and globally scaled, addresses the SRH needs of pregnant adolescents and first-time mothers in different crisis-hit countries. Launched in March 2020, it involves activities like the Young Mothers' Club to bridge the gap in SRH services and challenge gender norms, aiming to contribute to global discussions on adolescent responsive SRH and GBV programming.

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Impact Reports

Driven By Impact May 2023

By Allison Burden · July 20, 2023

CARE International approved Vision 2030 in June 2020. Vision 2030 lays out an overall direction for the Confederation of the impact we seek, the organisation we will become and the resourcing we need to achieve our impact. This report takes stock of the impact we have achieved after 2 years.

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Impact Reports

Women Lead: Ten Years of Health System Change in Bihar, India

July 18, 2023

Through a powerful 10-year partnership in Bihar, India, positive maternal and child health outcomes were achieved via working with frontline health workers, especially women. See the impact a decade partnership can lead to in this flagship report.

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