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Situation:

In Sierra Leone infant mortality rate and under five mortality rate are among the highest worldwide. Chronic and acute malnutrition in children is frequent. There is a critical shortage of skilled health workers, especially in higher cadres. In the field of pediatrics the current training of CHOs does not fulfil the requirements to provide quality care for sick hospitalized children and neonates.

Objectives:

Increased quality and capacities of pediatric care at (governmental) hospitals in Sierra Leone.

Situation: 

Odessa is currently affected by severe attacks on critical infrastructure. Power outages lasting several days are the new normal. In addition, the number of inhabitants is increasing rapidly due to internally displaced persons from the eastern regions of Ukraine. This also means that hospitals are overburdened. Factories manufacturing pharmaceutical products have been closed. There is a great shortage of medicines and medical products.v

Situation:

The Urarina live remotely in the Amazon area. Foreigners brought new diseases to the existing ones like malaria, diarrhea and parasitosis. Life expectancy is 20 to 25 years due to high infant mortality. Shamanism dominates the healing system. The mortality rate of newborns is over 25%. Medical care by the state authorities is completely inadequate.

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Malawi is a low-income country and vulnerable to climatic shocks due to its agricultural economy. The health system has significant deficiencies and the rural population often has limited access to primary health care. Access to medical imaging in particular is very limited due to a lack of staff training and infrastructure.

Situation: 

Malawi Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 174 out of 189 countries on the UNDP Human Development Index (UNDP Human Development Report 2020). In 2019, Malawi's HDI was 0.483. The economy is predominantly agro-based, with agriculture, forestry, and fisheries accounting for 28% of GDP. The health status in Malawi is gradually improving, although many indicators still show deficits.

Situation: 

Outcome 1: Institutionalization of iCCM, which will create an enabling social and policy environment, in order to increase access to preventive and curative child health services  
 
Outcome 2: Transition of the iCCM program components and establish social accountability to ensure the sustainability of the activities 
 
Outcome 3: Provision of Quality iCCM services to meet the demand for community-based services  
 

Situation: 

In sub-Saharan Africa, more than four million people are blind, and about seventeen million suffer from moderate to severe visual impairment, with the etiology of vision loss poorly understood. Optometrists' work is made difficult or impossible by the lack of assistive devices for the visually impaired and the absence of referral centers for routine treatment of the visually impaired, so that about two-thirds of patients seeking treatment for the visually impaired are often not treated.