In Uganda and Afghanistan, volunteers are the front line of health services, helping pregnant women and treating common but potentially fatal diseases.
News & Stories
Maternal and Child Health
From the Field
Child mortality: Top causes, best solutions
While the number of preventable child deaths has dropped dramatically, child mortality is still a problem. A few simple solutions can save even more lives.
From the Field
Campaign For Every Child: Finishing the race
In 2010, we embarked on a mission unlike any we’d undertaken before. In the midst of the worst economic crisis of our day, we launched World Vision’s Campaign For Every Child. Our audacious goal was to raise $500 million and change the lives of 20 million people worldwide. We felt God calling us to make this bold move — and many of you felt the same call.
Voices
Motherhood, loss, and hope in Zimbabwe
After losing a child, and even after childbirth, mothers need time to heal. In Zimbabwe, they don’t always get that time, which endangers their health and the health of their families. Blogger Diana Stone writes about her recent trip to visit mothers and children in Zimbabwe and to see how World Vision is working to keep them healthy!
Voices
Better health for women just like Jennifer
Due to fistula — an injury during childbirth that causes incontinence — Jennifer remained outside when she attended church, kneeling in the dirt to pray. Without improving health for women who don’t have proper care, issues like fistula can ruin their lives.
From the Field
Midwives make all the difference for Afghan moms
Midwives are the difference between life and death for women and newborns in Afghanistan, a country with one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world.
From the Field
Breastfeeding: The key to a child’s healthy start in life
This mother followed the breastfeeding customs of her village in Afghanistan — throw out your first milk; it is harmful to your baby. But then World Vision trained her community about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding, nutrition, and handwashing, which put her daughter on the path to improved health.
Voices
Proper nutrition for Mongolian babies
This year’s World Breastfeeding Week theme highlights peer counseling programs for mothers. Through World Vision, mothers and infants in Mongolia are benefiting from such initiatives. Find out how!
From the Field
Mobile phones help deliver healthy babies in Afghanistan
Mobile technology allows health workers to use their cellphones to send and receive patient information, including progress reports, medical records, and reminders about appointments and treatments. They can also access a wealth of medical information and connect to consulting physicians.
Voices
Afghanistan: Worst place to be a mother
Western Afghanistan is a region with one of the highest under-5 mortality rates and where maternal death in childbirth is a serious concern. The 10×10 film “Girl Rising” shows how these issues affect women in Afghanistan and how education can help them.