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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.
Sirajganj, Bangladesh, 2014
I came with a dream to smile with the color and joy I have imagined about your world. But, here I am, suffering with pneumonia and lying in a hospital bed. It was about 2.00 AM when I arrived, and my dad bring me here in the morning. I don't have a name yet.
Your world is terrible. I was better from where I came. You people don't even care about us and making this place more uncomfortable for those who will arrive shortly.
Sirajganj, Bangladesh, 2014
Who are you ???
Ohh, you want to hear my story.
I came with a dream to smile with the color and joy I have imagined about your world. But, here I am, suffering with pneumonia and lying in a hospital bed. It was about 2.00 AM when I arrived, and my dad bring me here in the morning. I don't have a name yet.
Your world is terrible. I was better from where I came. You people don't even care about us and making this place more uncomfortable for those who will arrive shortly.
Sarah Wala, 26-years-old, during a consultation on family planning on the 7th of June 2021, in Gurei PHCC supported by MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, near Juba, South Sudan.
Sarah is living with a physical disability since a traffic accident when she was young. She had two children from different fathers, that wouldn't want to marry her because of her disability.
When she came to receive counseling and family planning methods, she felt stronger. "When I explain these things to people around me, some try to discourage me," she says. "They think if I give birth the child will have disabilities, but me, it has not affected me!" She now sells a local food called Tamia to earn a living and has more time to take good care of her daughters.
"Even with the implant, I still protect myself from HIV, but I feel good knowing i cannot fall pregnant, I feel free of everything. i can decide my own things. Now I can give better to my children, when one is sick, or need money for school. I did not go to school but always talk to my children so they can get educated. I say: look at me. You don't want to go through what I went through. Take care of yourself, protect yourself."
Photo credit: Adrienne Surprenant/IMA World Health
Zambia, 2020: Christine, 7, collects water from a recently rehabilitated water point in Gwembe Valley, where severe and prolonged drought have contributed to depleted water points, crop failure, food insecurity and malnutrition. According to the WHO-UNICEF-Lancet report “A Future for the World’s Children”, while the poorest countries must do more to support their children’s ability to live healthy lives, wealthier countries threaten the future of all children through excessive carbon emissions. If, in line with current projections, global warming exceeds 4°C by the year 2100 this would lead to devastating health consequences for children, due to rising ocean levels, heatwaves, proliferation of diseases like malaria and dengue, and higher levels of malnutrition. The report issues a clarion call for a global movement to turn the tide – by taking concerted action to combat climate change – for every child and for all generations to come.
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In September 2021, Sandrine had been bringing her 7-month-old son, Tonia, to this USAID-supported health center in Ambovombe, Madagascar for a month to get treatment for severe malnutrition. She happily reported, “He’s still tired, but he has become much better.”
Photo credit: USAID
Catherine Sakara, a farmer in Mwandama, Malawi, with her family.
Catherine has seen tremendous increase in profits due to new agricultural practices, including cultivation of orange sweet potato, introduced by the Millennium Villages Project.
Orange flesh sweet potato is rich in vitamin A and very important for young children who do not have access to vitamin A capsules.
For more information on Millennium Promise, please visit www.millenniumpromise.org, or follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/millenniumpromise) or Twitter (@endofpoverty).
This MRI image shows adolescent brains activated during a memory task. NIH has released the first dataset from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The ABCD study is the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States.
Read more: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-releases-first-...
Image credit: Dr. Richard Watts and ABCD/Univ. of VT P.I. Dr. Hugh Garavan
NIH support from: NIDA, NIMH, NIAAA, NCI, NICHD, NIMHD, NINDS, NIH OBSSR, NIH ORWH
In support of a government initiative to implement the Millennium Development Goals, UNDP has worked closely with hospitals in Mongolia to improve maternity health care, prenatal care, consultation and delivery services.
Photo Credit: UNDP
Children Day Celebration with Pediatric Patients & Painting by Arjun.
Photography : krvishal, AnotherEye.in.
Painter / Artist : Arjun.
Location : Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, ( next to nimhans ), Dairy Circle, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Infographic Description
The Weight-control Information Network's "What's Your Next Move? Help Reduce Childhood Obesity" infographic starts with a call for action and has three sections.
The Call for Action is text that says, "As a parent or caregiver, you can do a lot to help your child get to and stay at a healthy weight. Start making healthy changes for you and your child today."
Section One: Know the Facts
It has a graphic with the outlines of three children, one of which is overweight. Next to it is this data from the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES), 2009-2010 from the Centers for Disease Control, "About one-third of children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered overweight or obese." Below, there is a part titled, "Percentage of Youth in the United States with Overweight or Obesity, 2009–2010." It features three bar graphs. The first graph is "Percent By Age Group: Ages 2-19." The first bar shows ages 2-5 at 26.7 percent, the second bar shows ages 6-11 at 32.6 percent, and the third bar shows ages 12-19 at 33.6 percent. The second graph is "Percent By Sex: Ages 2-19." The first bar shows girls at 30.4 percent, the second bar shows boys at 33 percent, and the third bar shows both sexes at 31.8 percent. The third graph is "Percent By Race: Ages 2-19." The first bar shows White at 29 percent, the middle bar shows Black at 41.8 percent, and the third bar shows Hispanic at 41.2 percent. This data is sourced from the NHANES, 2009-2010.
Section Two: Be Active Every Day
It has a circle graphic with the words "Children need at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day." in the center. The words are sourced to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The outside of the circle is surrounded by the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60, positioned as if on a clock face. Outside of the numbers are outlines of six children. The first child rides a bike, the second plays basketball, the third walks a dog, the fourth jumps rope, the fifth plays hopscotch, and the sixth runs. Next to the graphic is this text, "To be healthy your child needs at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Break the time into smaller parts during the day; it all adds up. Here are some fun ways to get active with your child."
Section Three: Eat More Healthy Foods
It has this text, "When you practice healthy eating habits as a family, everyone wins! Help your child get to and stay at a healthy weight by serving more fruits and veggies and setting limits on sugars and fats." Below the text is a graphic of a scale or balance. On the lower side of the scale there are many fruits, vegetables, beans, and other healthy foods piled up. On the higher side of the scale there are candy, butter, sugary drinks, and other unhealthy foods.
Below all three sections of the infographic is a box with this text, "What's Your Next Move? Visit the Weight-control Information Network (WIN) website at www.win.niddk.nih.gov to learn more about how to reduce childhood obesity and download a free copy of WIN's recently updated brochure Helping Your Overweight Child."
What's Your Next Move
Under the text box, there is the WIN logo followed by this small-size text;
"The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). WIN provides the general public, health professionals, and the media with science-based, up-to-date, culturally relevant materials and tips. Topics include healthy eating, barriers to physical activity, portion control, and eating and physical activity myths."
Next to this text is a part titled Sources, with this small-size text;
"Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Ogden CL. Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999–2010. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012; 307(5):491–497. jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/5/491External Link Disclaimer;
Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Flegal KM. Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999–2010. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012; 307(5):483–90. jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/5/483External Link Disclaimer;
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. ODPHP Publication No. U0036. Washington, DC.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Credit: NIDDK
www.health.gov/paguidelinesExternal Link Disclaimer."
A grandmother feeds her two year old granddaughter in Naubise, Dhading. Nepal
Photo © Aisha Faquir/World Bank
Photo of USAID Assistant Administrator for Bureau for Africa Monde Muyangwa and others during a visit to the Family Health Garki Primary Health Center in Nigeria. The center showed Administrator Muyangwa how they enhance quality and availability of essential health care services for those who need them. Photo: USAID
A midwife, Radhika, in rural Nepal prepares a vaccination for a newborn. Photo © Aisha Faquir/World Bank
Mothers learn about family planning services provided by Nasarawa State Government Health Care Centre in Wamba, Nigreia on June 26, 2018. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Mothers and their newborn children in the maternity ward at the General Hospital in Kenge, Democratic Republic of Congo on April 3, 2018. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
PNG's Under-20 Women's soccer training squad are all smiles as they pose with Beckham for a photo opportunity.
A young boy waits his turn at the Naubise health post in rural Nepal. Photo © Aisha Faquir/World Bank
Mothers have their babies vaccinated at the Primary Health Care Maraba, in Karu, Nigeria on June 19, 2018. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Kwashiorkor is a disease related to famine. Kwashiorkor, which has not been seen for decades in Zimbabwe, is caused by a chronic deficiency of calories and protein that leaves infants with swollen stomachs caused by excess body fluids.
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In response to the pandemic, the USAID Kizazi Kipya activity has redirected program funds to train Community Case Worker volunteers on how to address mental health stress resulting from secondary impacts that COVID-19 has on communities. The project also prints and distributes government health education materials on COVID-19, including content specific to people living with HIV, and teaches volunteers how to make handmade masks. Photo credit: USAID Kizazi Kipya
Community Health Clinic conducted by Trinity Care Foundation. www.trinitycarefoundation.org/
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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...
A special immunisation activity will focus on measles for children under three years old and tetanus for women aged between 15 and 45 years. Children will also be given polio drops to prevent polio, vitamin A supplements to prevent malnutrition and de-worming medicine for worms in the stomach
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.
Kwashiorkor is a disease related to famine. Kwashiorkor, which has not been seen for decades in Zimbabwe, is caused by a chronic deficiency of calories and protein that leaves infants with swollen stomachs caused by excess body fluids.
Blogged here.
These images come from a report issued by the Solidarity Peace Trust
A lady health worker describing the use of UNICEF's clean delivery kit during the health education session for a group of women in a relief camp in Umarkot district, Sindh province. Two months after the devastating monsoon rains and floods of 2011, over 4.8 million flood-affected people in Sindh are still coping with the aftermath and are in the process of rebuilding their lives. As a result, more than 2.4 million children and 1.2 million women are vulnerable and exposed, lacking access to safe drinking water, sanitation and health care. UNICEF and its partners have provided pregnant women nearly 20,000 clean delivery kits in flood hit areas of Sindh.
17 November 2011
© UNICEF Pakistan/2011/Asad Zaidi
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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.
Community Health Clinic conducted by Trinity Care Foundation. www.trinitycarefoundation.org
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Child Health - Healthy kids are better equipped to face school days challenges.
Did you know 50 -80% of school children have health concerns?
Why is it that children are more prone to infections?
It is primarily because their immune system is not fully developed as in adults.
Secondly, frequent exposure to germs and at times access to street/unhygienic food increase their susceptibility to infections.
What are the common health concerns faced by school children?
The most common conditions are:
Cough & cold
Nutritional deficiencies
Head lice
Worms in the stomach
Childhood obesity
Skin infections
Vision related issues
Dental problems
Do you know, most of the above conditions are preventable?
Wondering how you, as a parent can help protect your kids’ health?
1. The first step to prevention - Vaccination
Make sure your child’s vaccines are up to date with National Immunization Schedule
2. Regular annual checkups
WHO recommends that children be screened for
Height & weight
Tooth decay
Refractive errors
Hearing disturbances
3. Practice good hygiene
Teach them to
wash their hands, especially before and after meals, after using the toilet and after blowing their nose
avoid sharing food and drinks when they are sick
cover nose and mouth while coughing or sneezing
be careful with the use of personal items such as combs, hats and scarves. It is best to avoid sharing such items.
4. Deworming
Deworming either annually or biannually helps in better absorption of nutrients, thus preventing several avoidable illnesses. Consult your physician for the same.
" Healthy Kids Learn Better "
9-month-old Bethwel Kimutai watches her mom during a cooking demonstration at the Kuresoi Health Facility in Nakuru County. Development and government health leaders attended the demonstration as part of the 2019 USAID Family Health Implementing Partners Symposium in Nakuru County.
The symposium was convened by USAID’s Afya Uzazi activity to review progress made in attaining child health targets in Kenya, share lessons learned and best practices, as well as prioritize opportunities to integrate child survival programs in the rollout of universal health coverage.
For more information on the symposium visit afyauzazi.org/symposium
Photo: USAID/Brian Prince
Murje Netu and her son, Mohammad Rabiu wait for a ride after seeking services at the Wamba Local Government Primary Health Care Centre in Wamba, Nigeria on June 20, 2018. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Kwashiorkor is a disease related to famine. Kwashiorkor, which has not been seen for decades in Zimbabwe, is caused by a chronic deficiency of calories and protein that leaves infants with swollen stomachs caused by excess body fluids.
Blogged here.
These images come from a report issued by the Solidarity Peace Trust
Women and children at a community activity, Mozambique on November, 2017. Photo © Evolving Communications/The Global Financing Facility
Children's Bureau Publication
"Child Welfare News Summary"
U.S. Department of Labor
October 26, 1929
Topic: Child Health and Baby Health Station
Note: This document was scanned from the bound collection found at Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago. This should be public domain because it is an early Children's Bureau publication.
Dalimona Akinsohun holds her one month old boy Samuel, while several dozen mothers were learning about the importance of healthy nutritional diet during a cooking demonstration at the Comprehensive Health Centre Arakale in Akure, Nigeria on June 26, 2018. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Community Health Clinic conducted by Trinity Care Foundation. www.trinitycarefoundation.org/
Write a mail to us : support@trinitycarefoundation.org
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A special immunisation activity will focus on measles for children under three years old and tetanus for women aged between 15 and 45 years in April and May 2012. Children will also be given polio drops to prevent polio, vitamin A supplements to prevent malnutrition and de-worming medicine for worms in the stomac.
©UNICEF Papua New Guinea/Azoulay/2010