Village Health Committees strengthened by GAVI through WVSI

Amid a growing health and environmental crisis at Myanmar’s iconic Inle Lake, an innovative solution is emerging: floating bio-septic toilets. Designed to withstand floods and treat waste safely, these systems will transform sanitation for water-based communities. With support from World Vision, the project offers new hope for disease prevention, cleaner water, and long-term resilience—especially for women and children. This story explores how a simple yet powerful design could shape a healthier future for flood-prone regions across Myanmar.

World Vision advocates fair pay and ethical workloads for community health workers to strengthen equitable, sustainable health systems worldwide.

With support from World Vision Canada and P&G, World Vision Ghana has donated vital medical and water treatment supplies to the Oti Regional Health Directorate, enhancing healthcare delivery and promoting clean water practices.

Global Health expert Michele Gaudrault argues that Community Health Workers require support, remuneration, and reasonable workloads, and that promoting this support is a smart investment for global health.

After facing emotional turmoil and isolation, Sanam found healing and resilience through OCCD’s mental health counseling under the GFFO project.

Despite the lingering threat of cholera across parts of South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, especially in Renk, Sudanese refugee mothers like Nasime are proving that knowledge can be as powerful as medicine. Through simple but life-saving hygiene and health practices, they’re keeping their children safe, curbing outbreaks, and building resilience even in the harshest conditions.

Phiona Koyiet, Senior Technical Advisor for Mental Health and Psychosocial, calls for more investment in mental health and psychological well-being in emergencies, ensuring children and communities in the most fragile and crisis-affected settings can not only survive, but thrive.

13-month-old Mahdi was treated at a World Vision clinic after a serious injury. His father Abdulrazeq said the opening of the clinic has changed people's lives.

Modest, community-based medical facilities have greatly decreased maternal and child mortality by bringing healthcare closer to remote areas.