Results
Afghanistan's food crisis through the eyes of a mother
To combat malnutrition, FHI 360 is working with Afghan NGOs to train front-line health and humanitarian workers to deliver emergency nutrition services to pregnant and lactating women and their infants. So far, FHI 360 and its partners have trained more than 100 people in five workshops, with more workshops scheduled. Learn more.
CARE Awarded USAID Program to Strengthen Health in Nepal
CARE is leading partners Jhpiego, Howard Delafield International, Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON), and Nepal Contraceptive Retail Sales Company to implement the USAID Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) Activity. This partnership will enable meaningful youth engagement and private sector engagement. CARE is pleased to lead the ARH consortium and contribute to a healthy, resilient, well-nourished population in Nepal, leading to increased human capital. Learn more
CARE's lifesaving mobile healthcare for vulnerable Afghans
Between December 2021 and May 2022, CARE Afghanistan supported 61,592 people – 65 percent of them women and girls – with health services in Ghazni, Herat, Balkh, Kabul, and Khost provinces. The services include primary health care, maternal health, nutrition support, referrals to specialized facilities for gender-based violence cases, COVID education, and psychosocial support services. In addition, CARE distributed emergency medicines, medical supplies, and equipment to health facilities. Learn more
Community-Led Health Program Empowers Rural Families
Fonkoze empowers Haitians, primarily rural women, to lift their families out of poverty by providing access to the tools, resources, and support needed to overcome and thrive. The organization’s approach to empowerment is holistic - addressing the many systemic roots of poverty: lack of access to education, financial and health services, and more.
Fonkoze’s health program Boutik Sante, in particular, serves approximately 250,000 households each year, offering health resources to communities throughout Haiti that include vitamin distribution, screenings for child malnutrition and therapeutic feeding treatments, hypertension screenings for cardiovascular disease, and preventative healthcare trainings. This program alone, which won the 2021 European Microfinance Award, has increased access to health services and education for more than 3.3 million people since its inception in 2014. More information.
From sales to service: One woman's journey as a family planning champion
Sujata Kumari Singh developed her business skills and knowledge of voluntary family planning, including adolescent sexual and reproductive health, through trainings provided by FHI 360's MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery Nepal project. Now, Singh is using her role at her family's pharmacy and her newfound contraception expertise to bring young people the information they need. Learn more.