How Afghan Women Are Rebuilding Reproductive Health Care
In remote villages, family health houses offer life-saving care to mothers and children, from vaccinations to high-risk deliveries.
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Signs of Change: A Kenyan Community Health Worker Learns to Talk to his Deaf Patients
As county governments roll out inclusive healthcare programmes for people with disabilities, Community Health Promoters learn a new lexicon of care. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance/VaccinesWork
“She Has Given Us a Sense of Security”: The Humanitarian Midwives Deployed to Sudan’s Blue Nile State
In Sudan’s Blue Nile State, UNFPA-trained midwives like Sa’aida and Safya deliver babies, refer complicated cases, and track pregnant women camp to camp amid displacement and flooding, offering safe births and reassurance where health facilities have collapsed and funding has fallen short.
Bringing Water and Healthcare to Displaced People in Abu Jubayhah, South Kordofan, Sudan
Since June 2026, MSF has drilled a borehole and installed a solar-powered water pump for 57,880 displaced people in Abu Jubayhah, South Kordofan, delivering over a million litres of water while expanding clinic care for malaria, malnutrition, and maternal health.
Colombia Earthquake Relief: How Volunteer Pilots Delivered Critical Aid to Isolated Communities
Direct Relief-supported flights are moving doctors, blood units, medicines and specialists across a disaster zone spanning major cities and remote communities.
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