World Vision Laos empowered CHWs through Timed and Targeted Counselling to improve maternal and child health, increasing service use and reducing malnutrition in rural areas.

World Vision Sudan is devastated by the horrific drone attack on the Al-Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur on the night of Friday, March 20.

In Manica Province, Mrs. Ana’s grandson Emanuel survives malaria and diarrhoea thanks to trained Polyvalent Health Agents supported by the Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge Project, bringing lifesaving care closer to rural families in Mozambique.

The project aims to strengthen the emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children, adolescents, caregivers, and adults across the West Bank.

Following its recent commitment to emergency relief, Grab Cambodia is now actively deploying a massive wave of food and healthcare supplies to thousands of displaced families in Preah Vihear. The USD 120,000 Grab-funded initiative, implemented by World Vision, has moved into a critical delivery phase to address the prolonged hardship, support health services and provide targeted nutrition and non-food item (NFI) assistance for vulnerable women and children in affected communities.

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In Ouallam, 39 community health workers support families daily despite insecurity and scarce resources. According to Souleymane Idrissa, head of the Ouallam health center, trainings provided through the “Strengthening access to care and epidemic control” project funded by World Health Organization and implemented by World Vision Niger and ISCV marked a major turning point. Health workers gained critical skills in managing gender-based violence, encouraging referrals, and supporting survivors, including access to psychological care. The project also strengthened disease surveillance through training on the minimum emergency activity package, enabling faster detection and reporting of measles, malaria, cholera, meningitis, and other serious illnesses, even in displaced persons sites. Long-serving relays like Seyni Seydou and Maimouna Birgui describe a deepened sense of purpose, improved knowledge, and stronger community trust. Beyond technical skills, the trainings enhanced awareness-raising, early care-seeking, and social cohesion. Today, community health workers in Ouallam act as true health sentinels, better equipped to prevent disease, respond to epidemics, and protect their communities.

Timed and Targeted Counselling (ttC) is an innovative and adaptive practice which has proven to be a highly effective behaviour change communication model for improved maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (MNCH/N) outcomes.

16.2 million people — nearly one-third of Myanmar’s population — needs humanitarian assistance (Myanmar HNRP 2026). World Vision has reached over 500,000 people including 194,748 children (as of 18 March 2026) - but funding shortfalls challenges continued recovery for families.