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Marta

Saving Marta and Other Children from Pneumonia

In a remote village in Guatemala a community health worker treated Marta after she contracted deadly pneumonia. Read how Marta and other children were helped by Save the Children health programs around the world.

Nicaragua: Yader
Wilmer
Claudia 		Bangladesh:   

Malawi:		 Nadeem
Tuhin
Damon

Communtiy Health Workers

Community Health Workers on the Front Lines

Tarunesh, a young Ethiopian girl, was struggling to breathe as she fought an advanced case of severe pneumonia. Luckily, a Community Heath Worker trained by Save the Children diagnosed her symptoms and administered a life-saving does of antibiotics. 

Baby Joyce

Meet Baby Mory

TIME Magazine captured the amazing story of health volunteers in Mali fighting diarrhea — the second deadliest killer of children under 5 — armed only with zinc and oral rehydration salts. Read about how Baby Mory was saved with this simple intervention.

Five Ways to Help
Five Ways to Help Now

Children under 5 face five principal health threats — newborn complications, pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, and malnutrition. Read about 5 of our low-cost, sustainable solutions that are proven to save lives — no pharmacology degree required.
Baby Joyce

Baby Joyce

Nine-month-old Baby Joyce was suffering from fever and malaise — classic signs of malaria. Read how a home visit from a health volunteer in Mozambique saved her life.

Saving Tuntufye

Saving Tuntufye

Over the past six years Save the Children's Kangaroo Mother Care Program in Malawi has reached thousands of mothers and their babies with life-saving, low-cost interventions. Tuntufye was one the newborns whose life was saved.

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