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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Lifesaving Care Reaches Families in Faryab

Parents, like Rozoqullah, in a remote village of Faryab once faced long and difficult journeys to access healthcare—especially for their malnourished children. But now, lifesaving treatment, through World Vision-run clinic under the FRAMES project is just steps away. Families no longer have to travel far to get the care they need, ensuring a healthier future for their children, right in their own village.

On Breastfeeding Week, South Sudanese mother shares COVID-19 turned her dream into a nightmare

Thirty-three-year old Viola Luka’s 8-months old daughter Dina was on a monthly visit to one of the nutrition centers in South Sudan’s capital Juba that...

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Twelve-day programme helps mothers curb malnutrition

Malnutrition threatens to destroy a generation of children in Uganda. More than a third of all young children – 2.2 million – are stunted (low height-for...

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World Vision donates $40,500 worth of therapeutic feed to curb malnutrition

World Vision has donated Plumpy’Nut therapeutic feed worth $40,500 to the Government of Zambia for treatment of severe malnutrition among children in...

Community cooking sessions: A practical way to combat malnutrition and COVID-19 in South Sudan

“We have different kinds of meat and vegetables but we did not know how to cook well for a balanced diet. Now I learned that I can combine posho or sorghum...

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Fighting severe malnutrition in southern Angola

After enduring years of Angola’s worst drought in 38 years, and the associated failed harvests, malnutrition rates have soared in southern Angola and...

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Pedro and Teresa take their first steps on the road to recovery

Climate change in southern Angola has led to a swing from one extreme to the other.

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Therapeutic food: a lifeline for severely malnourished Paulino

Ready-to-use therapeutic food MANA, donated by Food for Famine through World Vision Canada, has been used to treat more than 14,000 severely malnourished...

South Sudanese working mothers worry they can put their children at risk with COVID-19

Esther Julius is barely a year old but she has to deal with disability and malnutrition. She cannot walk or even sit. Her mother Agnes David says, “My...

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COVID-19 makes malnutrition rehabilitation more difficult but not impossible

Written By Gladith Yoabu, Communications Volunteer – ENRICH Project, and Agness John, Senior Communications Officer, World Vision Social distancing...

Tough road ahead as Juba’s young orphans face the combined risks of poverty, malnutrition and COVID-19

The four young children became orphans when their mother died of childbirth and their father left them behind. The youngest, Rose, 8-months old, was found...

Race between malnutrition and COVID-19 getting to vulnerable children in South Sudan need an urgent attention

The nutrition centers integrated into 15 health facilities around Juba urban were always crowded and full of life. Babies smiling and crying, mothers...

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Baby Beto bounces back from severe malnutrition

World Vision has trained 542 Community Health Workers in Huila and Cunene Provinces to identify and refer severely malnourished children for treatment.

57 volunteers cycle their way to fight malnutrition in South Sudan’s communities

“The walk is over. We will now reach distant communities with our bicycles”, Laura expressed with joy. Laura Idiongo, 23, is among the 57 community...

Mother who lost her son to malnutrition in Angola

Mother devastated after loosing her child to hunger in Angola

By Antonio Matimbe, World Vision Communications Officer, Angola Angola is currently facing the most severe drought in 38 years. Failed rains have led...

The Rate of Malnutrition Raising in Southern Africa

Malnutrition is rising across Southern Africa because of a severe drought. At Chiulo Hospital in Cunene Province in Angola, child deaths because of...

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Rosinha Recovers from Malnutrition but Challenges Remain

It is a breathe a sigh of relief from a mother who has seen her one-year and seven months-old daughter lose weight terribly and her motor skills stagnate...

The Story of Beto

Beto is only six months old. Instead of enjoying a joyful infancy, he is fighting to grow and develop as his body deals with the effects of being...

ECHO emergency funding supports World Vision to provide free services such as vaccination against life threatening

ECHO funding supports thousands in Darfur to access free primary healthcare services

August 2019- Funding from European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) continues to sustain activities at the Otash clinic for internally...

One humanitarian’s quest to save lives in one of the world’s most challenging workplaces

There were three unforgettable events in my life as a humanitarian worker. The first happened in 1993 when I was entrusted a little boy’s life when his...

Medical services benefit over 87,000 people in South Sudan’s Renk County

Hawa Omar Issa Adam, 30-years old and a mother of seven sadly says, “I lost my son Ratwai because I could not afford to buy him medicines from the clinic.”...

Hundreds of mothers and caregivers join World Vision for this year’s Breastfeeding Week campaign

“Breastfeeding is not just a woman’s duty. It is everyone’s responsibility”, says 22-year old Rania, a mother of three. She is also a member of the mother...

Learning nutrition the tough way

As Yogesh’s wailing grew at night, 21-year-old Mamta was convinced her neighbours were correct, that some evil energy had caused her son to suffer from ‘...

Improving the health of children and mothers

The policy in the health sector in Senegal remains clearly focused on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is currently supported by the second...

Malnutrition - the silent killer of Afghan children

41% of Afghanistan's girls are stunted; 25% are underweight; 1.6 million children suffer severe acute malnutrition. World Vision provides nutrition...