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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. 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

  2. Fighting for Breath in DRC 2020: A call to action to stop children dying of 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 | ...

  3. Delivering on the Promise of Immunisation: How far have we come? Gavi at 20 years

    This brief looks at the impact of immunization and the importance of immunization equity through the assessment of five countries. We hope this can help facilitate conversations for Gavi investments both at the global and country level while asking for ac

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK | ACTION, Global Health Advocacy Partnership Author(s): Garcia, Yanira | Ward, Claire Leonie

  4. USAID Nurture Community Facilitators

    In USAID Nurture, Community Facilitators (CFs), elected by their own community members, does not only act as village volunteers, devoting their times, efforts and skills, but are the key driver in nutritional and WASH behavior change process for 1000-day

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

  5. A National Survey on Care of Possible Serious Bacterial Infection among Sick Young Infants 0-2 Months in Private Sector Medicine Shops and Clinics in Nepal

    Nepal has made significant progress in reducing child mortality from 153 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 39 per 1,000 live births in 2016. Despite this progress, the latest Demographic Health Survey (DHS) estimates indicate that neonatal mortality contri

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

  6. Fighting for Breath in Afghanistan 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 | ...

  7. Community Action Groups: local force to resolve health problems of women, newborn & children in Mali (Capsule – CAG)

    This video from the USAID-funded, Services de Santé à Grand Impact project in Mali features a few community action groups to highlight the various initiatives undertaken by community member to address their priority health problems.   Cette vidéo du proje

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

  8. Finding A Voice: Shifts in Reproductive Health Understanding, Attitudes, and Practices in Nepali Youth

    In Nepal, the average age for marriage is 17.9 for women and 21.7 for men. Nationally, modern contraceptive use among married adolescents (15–19) is only 15%. Karnali Pradesh Province has the second highest total fertility rate and second highest adolesce

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

  9. Saving Young Children from Forgotten Killer: Pneumonia

    Since 1990, the global community accomplished a 60% drop in mortality of children under the age of five. This progress is remarkable and a cause for celebration. However, 5.2 million small children still die each year to preventable causes, with phenomena

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology Author(s): Swedberg, Eric | Shah, Rashed | Sadruddin, Salim | Soeripto, Janti

  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. Family Planning and Postabortion Care in Emergencies in Bangladesh

    This fact sheet provides details about Save the Children's reproductive health programming for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Family Planning

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

  12. 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

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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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