Australia
Each year, over ten million children worldwide die before their fifth birthday.
That’s 28,000 children per day.
Frustratingly, over 60% of these deaths are preventable.
Saving children is our business, and we know that those who have a healthy start in life are more likely to reach their full potential.
Many of the things first world countries take for granted – drinkable water, nutritious food, quality healthcare, a clean environment – continue to be a daily struggle for others. Our programs are helping change lives each and every day, focussing on nutrition, sanitation, reproductive health and preventative measures like vaccination and health education.
We’re also empowering local communities so they can make informed choices to improve their family’s health.
Our Health, nutrition and lifeskills programs promote healthy eating to communities across Australia.
In Cambodia local people can now access quality early treatment and preliminary services, as well as health education through health centres and referral hospitals, where previously they could not thanks to Save the Children's Basic health services project.
The Primary Health Care Project in Lao PDR is improving the health of women and children in Sayaboury Province which, when the project started, had the worst health indicators in the country.
Health of children and their families is a partnership with Papua New Guinea's government and local organisations supporting health services to a population of about 200,000 in about 1,500 villages in East Sepik province.
Also in Papua New Guinea, our Children with disabilities project supports screening and consultations in schools of about 5,000 children for any physical or mental disabilities.
Save the Children's Village health worker project in Vanuatu aim to improve access to health care services and improve management health management systems at provincial and community levels
Youth out-reach project meets the considerable challenge in meeting the health, education and other social development needs of Vanuatu's young people.