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Over the past two decades, the world has made remarkable progress in children’s survival and health: child deaths have been reduced by half. This is the result of years of effort and the delivery of a small set of proven health and nutrition interventions. Despite this progress, each year nearly six million children still die before their fifth birthday – most of these deaths are preventable. Globally, the leading causes of death in children under five are preterm birth complications, pneumonia, complications during labour and delivery, diarrhoea and sepsis or meningitis. Progress has been uneven and millions of children have been left behind due to poverty, their ethnic identity, because they live in remote areas or urban slums, or in countries caught up in conflicts.

Within the health and nutrition thematic area, Save the Children focusses on ensuring that all young children receive the health and nutrition care and services they require to survive. To achieve this goal, Save the Children collaborates with local governments, multilateral institutions, grassroots organizations and others to strengthen health systems, and works with individuals, families and communities to encourage the uptake of healthy behaviors. We work in both humanitarian and development contexts.

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  1. Growth through Nutrition Midterm Evaluation Program Review Report

    Save the Children leads the implementation of Feed the Future’s (USAID) Growth through Nutrition (GtN) project in Ethiopia. This internal evaluation report primarily analyzed successes and challenges of implementation from the baseline to the mid-point of

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Abbott, Daniel | Fekau, Habtamu

  2. "Am I Doing The Wrong Thing?" How Social Norms Influence Provider Provision of Contraceptive Services to Adolescents

    This brief shares insights and findings from qualitative research conducted in Nairobi, Kenya using the Social Norms Exploration Tool (developed by the Passages Project) to explore root causes of provider bias in contraceptive services to adolescents by e

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

  3. Save the Children's Global COVID-19 Response: Situation Report no. 1, May 2020

    The COVID-19 Pandemic poses immediate and long-lasting risks to the rights of children including the disruption of access to education, the potential for reduced access to primary and secondary health services, and increased protection risks. Save the Chi

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

  4. Every Breath Counts in Nigeria: A coalition to accelerate reductions in child pneumonia deaths

    Pneumonia, the leading infectious killer of children under five, has been called a “forgotten killer,” “a neglected tragedy,” and a “global cause without champions.” Less than 5% of international Development Assistance for Health and just 3% of all infect

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Author(s): Greenslade, Leith | Ahmar, Samy | Inyang, Ekpedeme | Warren, Sylvia ...

  5. Very Young Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Landscape: Where are we now? Where do we go from here?

    Very young adolescents (VYAs; ages 10-14) experience rapid physiological changes while also learning to navigate shifting gendered expectations about their behavior and roles. Intervening with this age group provides an unparalleled opportunity to improve

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

  6. Advocating for National Community Health Workforce Strategy in Bangladesh

    Save the Children advocated for and led the development of a Community Health Worker Strategy 2019-2030 in Bangladesh. This publication shares the background of the process, the history of community health workers in Bangladesh, and how Save the Children

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Chaudhury, Tahrim Ariba

  7. Fighting for Breath in Indonesia 2020: A call to action to stop children dying from pneumonia

    Pneumonia is the world’s leading infectious killer of children, claiming the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five every year, more than 2,000 every day. It is a shocking demonstration of pervasive health inequities disproportionately

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK | UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund | ...

  8. Save the Children’s Global Covid-19 Response: Q2 Monitoring Report

    The COVID-19 Pandemic poses immediate and long-lasting risks to the rights of children including the disruption of access to education, the potential for reduced access to primary and secondary health services, and increased protection risks. Save the Chi

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

  9. Adolescent Nutrition Teachers' Guide

    Guide to help Teachers, Facilitators of Adolescent Support Groups and Community Health Workers explain the adolescent nutrition SBCC materials, their purpose, and how to use them.  USAID Lishe Endelevu Adolescent Nutrition SBCC Resources Bank

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children Tanzania

  10. Fighting for Breath in Angola 2020: A call to action to stop children dying from pneumonia

    Pneumonia is the world’s leading infectious killer of children, claiming the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five every year, more than 2,000 every day. It is a shocking demonstration of pervasive health inequities disproportionately

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK | UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund | ...

  11. Midwives in Mali: Key actors in the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality in Mali (Capsule – Sage-Femme)

    This video from the USAID-funded, Services de Santé à Grand Impact (SSGI) project in Mali features the midwife of the district referral hospital in Kolondieba, Sikasso region. She describes the skills acquired with the support of the SSGI project that ena

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): USAID, US Agency for International Development | Save the Children US

  12. What is Meant by Validity in Maternal and Newborn Health Measurement? A conceptual framework for understanding indicator validation

    Rigorous monitoring supports progress in achieving maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity reductions. Recent work to strengthen measurement for maternal and newborn health highlights the existence of a large number of indicators being used for this

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): PLoS ONE Author(s): Benova, Lenka | Moller, Ann-Beth | Hill, Kathleen | Vaz, Lara | ...

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Health and Nutrition Global Theme

Health & Nutrition is one of five global themes prioritized by Save the Children to deliver its new strategy.

Within the health and nutrition thematic area, Save the Children focuses on ensuring that all young children receive the health and nutrition care and services they require to survive. To achieve this goal, Save the Children collaborates with local governments, multilateral institutions, grassroots organizations and others to strengthen health systems, and works with individuals, families and communities to encourage the uptake of healthy behaviors.

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