Improving the health of people in developing countries is a critical part of CARE International’s work to help overcome poverty. By improving the healthcare services available to poor people and educating them about health issues, CARE can help communities begin to address wider issues such as earning money and having a secure source of income. CARE's healthcare programmes help young, productive people to achieve better health so they can enhance the livelihoods of whole communities. And our programmes look to the future - where we hope poor people won’t have to accept ill health as their lot.