1. PROVIDING QUALITY CARE
Health workers in remote rural areas must perform life-saving interventions on children in low-resource settings. We teach doctors to resuscitate babies who are not breathing at birth through our Helping Babies Breath (HBB) program.
We have also improved the capacity of local health workers to diagnose and treat childhood illnesses using the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) approach, jointly developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). IMCI uses preventative and curative measures to reduce illness, disability, and death caused by childhood diseases, such as pneumonia and diarrhoea. The approach also promotes growth and development in children under five years of age.
Together with local health authorities, we are improving referral mechanisms and communications between community members and their healthcare providers. We are also using mobile phone technology to improve immunization coverage in Sichuan province.