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Life in quarantine
Eleven year old Hindowa lives in southern Sierra Leone. After the death of a close family friend to Ebola, he and his family were put into quarantine for almost an entire month.
Pregnancy in the time of Ebola
As Ebola continues to infect and take lives across Sierra Leone, it is making daily life increasingly difficult. We spoke to Hawa, a 40 year old mum now going through her seventh pregnancy, about her fears and worries.
Celebrating 25 years of child rights
This year both Madeleine, World Vision UK's Child Rights Policy Officer, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, turn 25. In today's blog Madeleine reflects on the differences brought by 25 years of child rights, and where there is still room for continued growth.
Ebola Crisis Update
Now that Sierra Leone is Ebola Free, we look back at the outbreak and ahead to what still needs to be done.
at the height of the epidemic. Routine child health checks and immunisations were disrupted as
On the edge of survival
Last year World Vision reached almost eight million people around the world who were struggling to feed themselves and their children. On World Food Day, 16 October, we are thinking of the people who are still struggling to make sure their children get the food they need to grow up healthy and happy.
Matthew's First Christmas
Nadene recently travelled to South Sudan and the overwhelmed Malakal Refugee Camp where she was heartbroken to hear the stories of people living there.
Report: Stop at Nothing: Post-2015 Goals for Children
The biggest lesson of the Millennium Development Goals was that ending global poverty depends on reaching the most vulnerable children.
How Local Advocacy Can Form A Global Agenda: Reflections From The Girl Summit Youth Delegates
Alice and Alfred flew in from Sierra Leone to take part in the Girl Summit to tackle the issues of FGM and early marriage. One month on from their visit, they both take time to reflect on the change they are helping enable from a local to a global level.
Mothers Are Strong And Resilient: Reflecting On Tackling Early Childhood Deaths
Sarah Morgan reflects on her work in the field helping children to survive to celebrate their fifth birthday as she plans to do exactly that with her own daughter back in the UK.
Senior Nutrition and Child Health …
The Danger Zone For Child Malnutrition
At 14 months old and weighing less than 12ilbs, Jalrotchen registered as severely malnourished. Although 20% of the world's children under five are malnourished, that number always rises in the wake of natural disasters, which is why World Vision's work on child nutrition following Typhoon Haiyan is so vital.
parents with young children how to maintain child health and nutrition in the aftermath of a
Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza
You helped us raise over £290,000 for the Gaza Crisis Appeal.
World Vision welcomes Asda and P&G’s Safe Drinking Water Programme
Global humanitarian charity World Vision today welcomes British supermarket Asda and consumer goods company P&G’s effort to bring 75 million days’ worth of clean drinking water to communities in the developing world.
Child Friendly Spaces
Child Friendly Spaces play such an important role in our emergency response. These spaces are for chidlren to play, have fun with other children in a safe environment - they also allow parents to continue work repairing and rebuilding with the peace of mind that their children are safe.
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Polio outbreak in Somalia is symptom of global health inequality
Millions of the world’s most vulnerable children are falling through the cracks, even as child deaths are declining globally, warns World Vision.
the Child Health Manager at World Vision UK. Somalia is a …
Why We Need to Close the Gap
World Vision's Global Campaigns Advisor, Ben Grierson-Hill, explains why he's so invested in this year's #ClosetheGap campaign and why the Millennium Development Goals are too important to ignore.
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Publications
Publications CHILD HEALTH Read our latest MNCH case study Being the …
New global index exposes gaps in ‘health wealth’
A ‘devastating’ gap exists between the health rich and health poor in every country, contributing to the deaths of thousands of children every day, a report released this morning by World Vision finds.
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Miriam's Paradise: a small tent in Lebanon
For World Refugee Day our colleague, Joy Toose, from World Vision Australia - currently seconded to Lebanon - shares the moving story of Miriam and her 3 grandchildren living on the kindness of strangers.
World Vision UK demonstrates impact of its work
World Vision UK has released a new, independently-verified report demonstrating the impact of its work.
IF campaign hails ‘major breakthrough’ in fight against malnutrition
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hyde Park for Saturday's Big IF London rally.