World Vision Ethiopia helps families take early action to reduce disaster losses, protect livelihoods, and build resilience for children in Ethiopia's drought-prone areas.

Food hygiene is critical to health, with 600 million people falling ill annually due to contaminated food. Children under five bear 40% of the burden, with 125,000 deaths each year.

Results of World Vision's HIV, TB, and Malaria programmes, funded by the Global Fund.

This article highlights the mobilisation of women in Luiza, Kasaï Central, during World Breastfeeding Week 2025 under the theme “Prioritise breastfeeding and create sustainable systems.” Organised by PRONANUT with the support of World Vision, KOICA and the WFP, the event promoted the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life through community demonstrations, testimonies and symbolic rewards. It underscores breastfeeding as a low-cost, life-saving practice that strengthens child survival, maternal health and community resilience, while calling for sustainable support systems to combat malnutrition and infant mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

South Sudan’s cholera outbreak is reaching a critical level, now affecting more than 40,000 children—including 20,000 under the age of five—and placing millions more at serious risk. With more than 88,000 cases and 1,500 deaths already reported, the outbreak is accelerating at an alarming rate. World Vision is deeply concerned about the deadly disease spreading across the country. The crisis is especially severe for children, who are trapped in a dangerous mix of disease, hunger, and displacement.

World Vision raises alarm over a newly declared Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province, DRC, where 32 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported. With a fatality rate of 57%, the organization warns of urgent humanitarian needs and is working with partners to assess the situation. Drawing on experience from past Ebola responses in DRC, Uganda, and West Africa, World Vision calls for immediate donor funding, better community engagement, and stronger regional coordination to contain the outbreak and prevent its spread.