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Worldwide, substantial progress has been made in the effort to reduce child mortality. The number of under-5 deaths in the world has declined from nearly 12 million in 1990 to 6.9 million in 2011; and the global under-five mortality rate has dropped 41 per cent since 1990 – from 87 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 51 in 2011. [4]
BLPARW through its initiative Sauki, a health outreach program improves the access African rural women and their children have to superior health and as a result promote the wellness in Africa’s rural communities. The platform organises community outreach programs twice a year to address basic problems such as lack of health screenings.
The Aisha Buhari Foundation was founded in response to the socio-economic challenges faced by women and children in Nigeria. [3] In its inaugural year, the organization introduced the Future Assured program, a comprehensive initiative centered on maternal and child health, nutrition, and education. [4] [5] [6]
The Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) (French: Comité interafricain sur les pratiques traditionnelles affectant la santé des femmes et des enfants) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which seeks to change social values and raise consciousness towards eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM) and other traditional ...
The health services programs and initiatives for women and children include: CHAMPS, disability rehabilitation, domestic and international volunteers, HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment (including prevention of mother-to-child transmission), maternal, neonatal, and child health, medical supply chain system strengthening, prevention and ...
In accordance with the goal of the United Nations, the South Africa Department of Health established the Integrated Nutrition Program in 1995. [45] The INP aims to mainly help the people most prevalently at risk for malnutrition: children six years old and under, pregnant women, and lactating women.
The Child Support Grant was introduced in 1998. [14] CSG is a cash assistance to poor children under the age of 6 and expanded to children under the age of 14 in 2005. [14] CSG paid the guardians of the eligible children R460 per month per child in 2022 through the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) under the DSD. [15]
Early Construction Progress. Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital is a specialty hospital in Eldoret, Kenya founded in 2015. It is the first dedicated public children's hospital in East and Central Africa [1] and the second in Sub-Saharan Africa, after the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, which opened in 1956.