Topic: Health

Midwives play an essential role as Frontline Health Workers in providing access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and how they act as agents of change. However, their situation in the crisis and post-conflict contexts of Iraq and Côte d'Ivoire shows how they often compensate for the shortcomings of resource-poor and sometimes dysfunctional health systems through high level of personal commitment.

The cholera outbreak in Zambia has now surpassed 15,000 cases and 590 deaths. One of the factors leading to an increase in "Brought in Dead" cases has been the stigma attached to the disease, deterring individuals from seeking treatment.

Women and girls in Gaza are experiencing unbearable trauma as conditions for civilians become bleaker by the day.

In a project funded by the European Union, CARE trains community activators and community coaches to spread awareness about topics such as early marriages, women empowerment, refugee rights, and also to teach children important life skills.

Since the war that broke out on April 15, many health facilities have been looted and destroyed across Sudan. Now medical supplies are running out alarmingly fast, putting pressure on the few remaining facilities.

Working on the emergency response to the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria, CARE's Hazal Guvercinci shared the persistent difficulties faced by women and girls and warned for looming health risks in the affected communities.

The devastating impacts to water, sewage and basic hygiene infrastructure have spiked health risks to the populations affected by the quakes

The Integrated Humanitarian Assistance Project worked with $5 million in funding to help 309,416 people directly reduce the impacts they were facing from COVID-19 in Sudan.