Health

Poor health and poverty go hand-in-hand

Woman in Niger with her children
In Niger, CARE is saving mothers and infants from HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, by tackling the way these diseases are spread.
©CARE 2006/Evelyn Hockstein

When you are sick or caring for someone who is ill you can’t build a future for yourself, your family or your community.

CARE fights poverty by improving the health of millions of the world’s poorest people, including 7 million children last year. Through long-term health care and education programmes, as well as immediate medical assistance in emergencies, our programmes create lasting change. 

Helping the poorest people help themselves, our health education projects teach people how to improve and protect their health, and we train local volunteers as counsellors, mentors and monitors of community health.

Our reproductive health programmes focus on family planning, prenatal care, labour and delivery services, as well as the prevention, detection and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and AIDS.

The HIV and AIDS pandemic is tipping many poor countries into crisis, and fighting it is central to our work.

A small donation can make a huge difference.  Just £136 can provide lifesaving milk, cheese, sugar and high energy biscuits for 350 malnourished children in under-resourced Afganistan hospitals. Donate now.