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Community healthcare worker, Jean-Pierre Binene (left) talks to Alphone Kahumba and Madeleine Lembisa about how they can take better care of their family members, in Kenge, Democratic Republic of Congo on April 3, 2018. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Ambassador Roemer met with students at a school in Delhi April 26 where he observed an innovative program that uses radio to help students in Grades 1 and 2 improve their English language skills. USAID's Technology Tools for Teaching program is improving the learning process and providing support to teachers in over 300,000 schools across 8 Indian states.
In the Gaza refugee camp where most homes lack indoor plumbing and heating, the time-honored Arab tradition of gathering around a "hatab" fire is frequently practiced during the winter season. The youth who often complain of being cramped up in their small homes, are particularly fond of making outdoor fires with scrap wood and shrubs located throughout the camp.
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Credit: Patrick Adams/ RTI International
January 30th, 2020, is the first-ever World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day.
USAID is currently working alongside 27 countries to fight five of the most common NTDs that threaten more than 1 billion people living in the poorest and most marginalized communities in the world.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Students presenting poems about Menstruation hygiene management at Geselashashe Primary School, Arsi Zone, Siree Worda, Oromia Region. UNICEF Ethiopia/ 2019/Mersha
In the Gaza refugee camp where most homes lack indoor plumbing and heating, the time-honored Arab tradition of gathering around a "hatab" fire is frequently practiced during the winter season. The youth who often complain of being cramped up in their small homes, are particularly fond of making outdoor fires with scrap wood and shrubs located throughout the camp.
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Children Playing at a health center, Mozambique on November, 2017. Photo © Evolving Communications/The Global Financing Facility
In the Gaza refugee camp where most homes lack indoor plumbing and heating, the time-honored Arab tradition of gathering around a "hatab" fire is frequently practiced during the winter season. The youth who often complain of being cramped up in their small homes, are particularly fond of making outdoor fires with scrap wood and shrubs located throughout the camp.
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Group picture at Ada’al mobile health and nutrition team Site. Ada’al kebele, Kori woreda, Afar Region. UNICEF Ethiopia/ 2019/Mersha
During MNCH week, a lady health worker has provided UNICEF's newborn kit to a woman who gave birth to a child in a relief camp in Umarkot district, Sindh province. In addition to this, UNICEF and its partners have conducted more than 6,400 IYCF sessions for over 90,000 women which includes importance of exclusive breastfeeding, early initiation of breastfeeding after birth and timely and age appropriate complementary foods for children.
17 November 2011
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Rostalina Mucavele, age 26 holds her baby, Maida Lourenco Macavele while talking about family planning in the Mahungo Village, Mozambique on November 7, 2017. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
UNICEF staffs pose for a group pictures with Radio Department specialists at Ayder Hospital. Tigray Region. UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Mersha
Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) brought by Child Protection, which is used as an Alternative Basic Education (ABE) center for Primary children in the morning (grade 1-2). Berak IDP Site, Delo Mena Woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia Region. UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Mersha
Ambassador Roemer met with students at a school in Delhi April 26 where he observed an innovative program that uses radio to help students in Grades 1 and 2 improve their English language skills. USAID's Technology Tools for Teaching program is improving the learning process and providing support to teachers in over 300,000 schools across 8 Indian states.
Community health practitioner prepares to give an injection at the Airport Clinic in Minna, Nigeria on June 22, 2018 in Minna, Nigeria. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Children from the Gaza refugee camp during a soccer camp in Jerash sponsored by local NGO.
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
These young Palestinian children are building kites from colored garbage bags, wood, and staples. They are participating in a kite-building workshop in the Wihdat refugee camp sponsored by a local NGO.
The Wihdat (Wehdat) refugee camp, which was established in Amman in 1948, is home to over 54,000 Palestinian refugees who were displaced from their homes in Palestine in 1948. Officially referred to as the "Amman Camp", Wihdat is currently under the authority of the United Nations Refugee Works Agency (UNRWA) which provides its people with basic education and healthcare. Notwithstanding the aid provided by UNRWA, Wihdat, like other Palestinian refugee camps throughout the Middle East, is impoverished with its citizens often forced to contend with the daily torments that accompany poverty. Although Palestinians living in the Wihdat camp are provided Jordanian citizenship, the stigma of being born in a refugee camp and, therefore labelled "ibn al mukhayam" (son of the refugee camp), leads to discrimination and, often, lack of equal opportunities for both men and women from the camp. Furthermore, the local municipality in Amman does not provide basic infrastructural or civic services to any of the refugee camps in Jordan. Thus, in the absence of sanitation services, many of the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan have garbage-strewn allies, overground sewage, and little if any access to electricity. In light of these as well as other issues stemming from the lack of civic services, places Palestinian residents of these camps at risk of serious harm (in terms of health, economic prospects, and access to quality education and healthcare)
Children from the Gaza refugee camp during a soccer camp in Jerash sponsored by local NGO.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Whether the immunisation is done at a health facility, mobile clinic or a makeshift immunisation site, the health workers job is not complete until the health records of each child and woman that received immunisation is entered.
©UNICEF Papua New Guinea/Azoulay/2010
Working mother take care her younger child in the farm near Bhaktapur, Nepal. Most the Nepal woman has to work in field with their childcare. This type of work had brought different type of health problem to mother and children.
Early screenings for risks of complication and skilled attendants at birth are among the most critical interventions for saving the lives of women and newborns. Yet many poor women, living in mostly rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, go without.
To reduce mortality and morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth, health care professionals around the world have developed innovative training models to reach additional health care workers, especially in low-resource settings, who conduct or assist during pregnancy and delivery. The models improve health care workers’ abilities to assess, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions during a woman’s pregnancy and childbirth.
The panel will present innovative models, such as the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum and other technology-driven approaches, being used to train thousands of health care workers and midwives in some of the lowest-resource settings in the world.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/innovative-training-birth-atte...
Early screenings for risks of complication and skilled attendants at birth are among the most critical interventions for saving the lives of women and newborns. Yet many poor women, living in mostly rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, go without.
To reduce mortality and morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth, health care professionals around the world have developed innovative training models to reach additional health care workers, especially in low-resource settings, who conduct or assist during pregnancy and delivery. The models improve health care workers’ abilities to assess, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions during a woman’s pregnancy and childbirth.
The panel will present innovative models, such as the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum and other technology-driven approaches, being used to train thousands of health care workers and midwives in some of the lowest-resource settings in the world.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/innovative-training-birth-atte...
Group picture at Shawe Primary School, Harana Buluk Woreda, Oromia Region. UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Mersha
Early screenings for risks of complication and skilled attendants at birth are among the most critical interventions for saving the lives of women and newborns. Yet many poor women, living in mostly rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, go without.
To reduce mortality and morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth, health care professionals around the world have developed innovative training models to reach additional health care workers, especially in low-resource settings, who conduct or assist during pregnancy and delivery. The models improve health care workers’ abilities to assess, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions during a woman’s pregnancy and childbirth.
The panel will present innovative models, such as the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum and other technology-driven approaches, being used to train thousands of health care workers and midwives in some of the lowest-resource settings in the world.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/innovative-training-birth-atte...
Early screenings for risks of complication and skilled attendants at birth are among the most critical interventions for saving the lives of women and newborns. Yet many poor women, living in mostly rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, go without.
To reduce mortality and morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth, health care professionals around the world have developed innovative training models to reach additional health care workers, especially in low-resource settings, who conduct or assist during pregnancy and delivery. The models improve health care workers’ abilities to assess, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions during a woman’s pregnancy and childbirth.
The panel will present innovative models, such as the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum and other technology-driven approaches, being used to train thousands of health care workers and midwives in some of the lowest-resource settings in the world.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/innovative-training-birth-atte...
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In the Gaza refugee camp where most homes lack indoor plumbing and heating, the time-honored Arab tradition of gathering around a "hatab" fire is frequently practiced during the winter season. The youth who often complain of being cramped up in their small homes, are particularly fond of making outdoor fires with scrap wood and shrubs located throughout the camp.
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Ambassador Roemer met with residents in the Sanjay Gandhi Settlement to see how U.S. government funded programs are making a difference in the lives of residents there. He viewed an advanced cookstoves demonstration that will reduce the negative health effects of indoor pollution and met with a women's health group.
Children's growth-monitoring is checked at the Airport Clinic in Minna, Nigeria on June 22, 2018 in Minna, Nigeria. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Women and children seeking help at the Health Center in Manhica, in Manhica Village, Mozambique on November 6, 2017. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
This picture depicts a makeshift living room in a home in the Gaza refugee camp. The home which was built upon rubble is home to a family of 9. This particular home, like others in the refugee camp, has no established windows but, instead, relies upon large openings between wall and ceiling that are ineffective in preventing vermin and rodents from entering the home and equally ineffective in maintaining reasonable temperatures in the winter and rainy seasons. The green mat in the center is a mattress. The young boy on the right is in the process of taking a nap on the second mattress at the right of the screen. In the background is a makeshift "living room" with 4 separate chairs (one made of a pillow on top of a wheelbarrow and the other three "Chairs" being upturned water containers). To the back of the home is the "kitchen" which consists of a heating pad placed above a large red metal barrel.
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
KUAP Pandipieri is working to improve maternal health and child health and nutrition. Free clinics are held in several of Kisumu's informal settlements, offering child health checks, vaccinations, vitamin A supplements and de-worming up to the age of 5 years, cooking demonstrations for mothers of malnourished children, health education (e.g. maternal nutrition, childhood diseases, family planning, hygiene and breast feeding), health checks for pregnant women and therapeutic food for children who are acutely malnourished. Services and treatments are free.
A group of boys, Mozambique on November, 2017. Photo © Evolving Communications/The Global Financing Facility
Early screenings for risks of complication and skilled attendants at birth are among the most critical interventions for saving the lives of women and newborns. Yet many poor women, living in mostly rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, go without.
To reduce mortality and morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth, health care professionals around the world have developed innovative training models to reach additional health care workers, especially in low-resource settings, who conduct or assist during pregnancy and delivery. The models improve health care workers’ abilities to assess, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions during a woman’s pregnancy and childbirth.
The panel will present innovative models, such as the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum and other technology-driven approaches, being used to train thousands of health care workers and midwives in some of the lowest-resource settings in the world.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/innovative-training-birth-atte...
In addition to being built from asbestos, many of the homes in the Gaza refugee camp still have the same corrugated roofs that were installed when the camp was built in 1948. Aside from the fact that these corrugated iron roofs are virtually useless in the winter on account of their inability to retain warm air, they are also particularly prone to leaking during rain (as is obvious from videos below). Perfectly incapable of protecting inhabitants from rain, the corrugated iron roof further complicates the lives of the people in the refugee camp because of the tendency of these roofs to amplify the noise of rain drops creating a deafening cacophony of sounds and countersounds that often render the youth in the camp incapable of sleeping, studying, or maintaining any semblance of normalcy. The following video provides a small glimpse into the challenges facing most, if not all, of the Palestinians living in the Gaza refugee camp, many of whom live in homes with corrugated iron roofs. The tires, bricks, rocks, and wood above the roof are placed there in an effort to prevent the roof from flying away during wind and rainstorms.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.
Direct Relief has partnered with the Afghan Institute for Learning (AIL) and the Abbott Fund to help reverse the country's high maternal mortality rate and increase the survival and overall health of infants and children.
Direct Relief and Abbott Fund began supporting AIL to train female midwives to provide skilled assistance during labor and delivery, as well as care for infants and children. Many children in Afghanistan are underweight, and some of these are moderate to severe cases. AIL instituted a nutrition education program at its clinics in Kabul anticipated to reach families. Clinic staff trains mothers of malnourished children how to cook healthy foods and teaches the women and children in the program about safe drinking water, how to prevent malnutrition, and other nutrition topics. To date, Abbott Fund has partnered with Direct Relief to provide grants to AIL. Abbott has provided product donations to AIL, including rehydration solutions, antibiotics, multivitamins, and nutritional supplements.
Early screenings for risks of complication and skilled attendants at birth are among the most critical interventions for saving the lives of women and newborns. Yet many poor women, living in mostly rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, go without.
To reduce mortality and morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth, health care professionals around the world have developed innovative training models to reach additional health care workers, especially in low-resource settings, who conduct or assist during pregnancy and delivery. The models improve health care workers’ abilities to assess, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions during a woman’s pregnancy and childbirth.
The panel will present innovative models, such as the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum and other technology-driven approaches, being used to train thousands of health care workers and midwives in some of the lowest-resource settings in the world.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/innovative-training-birth-atte...
Askual, 28, mother of 3, with her 8 months old son Bamlak. Megeab Health Center, Hintalo Wajirat woreda, Tigray Region. UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Mersha
KUAP Pandipieri is working to improve maternal health and child health and nutrition. Free clinics are held in several of Kisumu's informal settlements, offering child health checks, vaccinations, vitamin A supplements and de-worming up to the age of 5 years, cooking demonstrations for mothers of malnourished children, health education (e.g. maternal nutrition, childhood diseases, family planning, hygiene and breast feeding), health checks for pregnant women and therapeutic food for children who are acutely malnourished. Services and treatments are free.
KUAP Pandipieri is working to improve maternal health and child health and nutrition. Free clinics are held in several of Kisumu's informal settlements, offering child health checks, vaccinations, vitamin A supplements and de-worming up to the age of 5 years, cooking demonstrations for mothers of malnourished children, health education (e.g. maternal nutrition, childhood diseases, family planning, hygiene and breast feeding), health checks for pregnant women and therapeutic food for children who are acutely malnourished. Services and treatments are free.
You may have heard others say that you'll know when your baby is hungry because she will cry. And yes, that is true, your baby will cry when she's hungry; however, crying is a late sign of hunger. You will want to do your best to offer a feeding before your child starts to cry, especially if she's awake and alert.
Crying is actually a late sign of hunger, and it is one that is best avoided. Babies who have to cry before being fed usually breastfed poorly and often fall asleep at the breast after a short time. Mouth motions: Your baby may make sucking motions and sounds, lick his lips, smack his lips, or stick out his tongue.
Sucking can be a sign that a baby is ready for a feed, but babies may suck a lot on their fingers and hands when they are not hungry. This reflex can also cause them to suck on their fingers and hands. This sucking is usually not a sign that a baby is not getting enough milk.
Early screenings for risks of complication and skilled attendants at birth are among the most critical interventions for saving the lives of women and newborns. Yet many poor women, living in mostly rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, go without.
To reduce mortality and morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth, health care professionals around the world have developed innovative training models to reach additional health care workers, especially in low-resource settings, who conduct or assist during pregnancy and delivery. The models improve health care workers’ abilities to assess, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions during a woman’s pregnancy and childbirth.
The panel will present innovative models, such as the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum and other technology-driven approaches, being used to train thousands of health care workers and midwives in some of the lowest-resource settings in the world.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/innovative-training-birth-atte...
This picture depicts a makeshift kitchen in a home in the Gaza refugee camp. This "kitchen" consists of a heating pad placed above a large red metal barrel. The home which was built upon rubble is home to a family of 9. This particular home, like others in the refugee camp, has no established windows but, instead, relies upon large openings between wall and ceiling that are ineffective in preventing vermin and rodents from entering the home and equally ineffective in maintaining reasonable temperatures in the winter and rainy seasons. For a video capture of this kitchen go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jNSwKgcbU. The green mat in the center is a mattress. The young boy on the right is in the process of taking a nap on the second mattress at the right of the screen. In the background is a makeshift "living room" with 4 separate chairs (one made of a pillow on top of a wheelbarrow and the other three "Chairs" being upturned water containers).
Suffering and deprivation is apparent throughout the Gaza refugee camp where the vast majority of families live on less than $40 USD per month. The putrid odor from overground sewage in rat-infested allies, coupled with the dusty deserts surrounding the refugee camp make living a daily challenge for residents of the camp. Sewage and waste water accumulates in the overground sewage systems throughout the camp. These sewage "lines" in the camp collect from holes in the floors of the homes or dump directly into ditches that run beneath each home in the camp. Despite being plagued by severe poverty, residents of this refugee camp are regularly forced to pay Jordanian authorities exboritant amounts to have the excreta/sewage pumped out of their homes into special septic tanks.
Info: The Gaza refugee camp in Jerash, Jordan is home to 24,000-34,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Gaza, Palestine in 1948 and 1967. Unlike Palestinian refugees from other districts of Palestine, the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp are considered persona non grata in Jordan (i.e. they are denied an identity, not granted identification papers and, therefore, denied the right to work and travel freely throughout the country). Most Jordanians and Palestinians living in the capital of Amman remain unaware of the Palestinians in the Gaza refugee camp prompting many experts to describe these refugees as the "Forgotten Ones". The photos above provide a glimpse into the living conditions many of these refugees have had to contend with given the lack of political, social, and economic options at their disposal. For video footage of this refugee camp please visit www.youtube.com/user/Einkarem1948. Contact for more information on how you can help the residents of this refugee camp improve their access to education and healthcare.