Health
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Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps
Our work to build healthy communities, families and individuals is at the heart of Mercy Corps' vision for social change. By partnering with a range of partners, from village health committees to government agencies, we help build the means to improve maternal, newborn and child health, ensure proper nutrition and combat infectious diseases.
All stories about Health
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Thoughts on World Malaria Day April 25, 2011
Today is World Malaria Day. The first time I heard about malaria was from my grandmother, who endured the disease as a little girl in Arkansas during the early part of last century.
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Indonesia: When a basic need becomes a luxury April 13, 2011
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Japan: Starting Comfort for Kids in Japan April 6, 2011
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Japan: Q&A with Peace Winds' Natsu Nogami March 30, 2011
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Tajikistan: Village pediatrician takes the lead in battling childhood illness February 24, 2011
Dr. Hasan Hojiev gestures passionately as he speaks about childhood illness and nutrition. He exudes the bubbly enthusiasm of a fresh medical graduate, but has been a rural pediatrician in northern Tajikistan for over ten years now. Dr.
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Indonesia: Tsunami survivors are ready to live healthy February 17, 2011
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Tajikistan: Spiritual leader doubles as public health educator February 11, 2011
“It’s a sin to live a passive life. If you see a blind man walking towards a well, it’s your duty to say something,” Mullah Salohideen said with conviction — looking up from studying a brochure on childhood illness in the village clinic’s only empty room.
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Tajikistan: Train a teacher, teach a community January 31, 2011
Faiziniso Ruziboeva has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. However, there is only one medical school in all of Tajikistan, which located in the nation’s capital, Dushanbe.
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Ethiopia: Helping Ethiopian mothers protect their children January 21, 2011
It is astonishing to know that very simple solutions exist that will protect our youngest citizens against diseases, yet so few children have access to this basic health care in countries where it is most needed.
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DR Congo: Boy in Buhimba IDP camp, Congo January 13, 2011
A boy living in the Buhimba camp for families displaced by war, outside the city of Goma, DR Congo.