Health
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Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps
Our work to build healthy communities, families and individuals is at the heart of Mercy Corps' vision for social change. By partnering with a range of partners, from village health committees to government agencies, we help build the means to improve maternal, newborn and child health, ensure proper nutrition and combat infectious diseases.
All stories about Health
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Yemen: Fetching water for families in Taiz March 1, 2013
An increased supply and new distribution programmes help secure clean water — and provide jobs in Yemen's poorest communities.
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Ethiopia: Feeding hungry babies October 11, 2012
In Ida Adays village, our mobile health team weighed seven-month-old Nasteho Mohamed and found her to be malnourished. She weighed only 4kg, but at her age should be somewhere around 4.8kg.
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Ethiopia: A nomadic life inspires mobile health work September 24, 2012
Mohamed Shariff Ali ("Mali") works around the clock these days overseeing Mercy Corps health and resilience programmes in Ethiopia. But when he was growing up, he remembers life revolving around three things: the animals, the weather and the seasons.
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Haiti: Giving kids a sporting chance September 4, 2012
Cité Soleil is full of a lot of things, but hope is not one of them.
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Indonesia: Amid a gold rush, infant health improves August 8, 2012
Late last year, a man on the tiny Indonesian island of Buru discovered gold in the mountains.
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Ethiopia: One year later, helping children survive in the Horn of Africa July 25, 2012
You might hear it called a “slow onset” emergency because, unlike the sudden strike of an earthquake, drought builds gradually. But don’t bother telling that to the mothers whose children are hanging on by a thread; slow isn’t the word they would choose. Grueling, they might say. Nerve-wracking.
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Haiti: Youth celebrate Soccer for Life May 28, 2012
A few kids take it easy during Mercy Corps' Foutbol pou Lavi ("Football for Life") activities, which started last December.
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Indonesia: Mothers connect in the field May 11, 2012
Portland, Seattle, Taipei, Jakarta, Brebes, Kutamendala. After 44 hours of travel my colleague and I wander into our final destination — a secluded village in the jungles of Java.
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Indonesia: From the source: Mothers provide perfect nourishment March 27, 2012
Infant mortality remains high in Indonesia, the result of acute malnutrition and illness. Breastmilk imparts key nutrients to protect babies' health, yet many mothers are misinformed and choose to feed their infants formula or other foods.
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Niger: Update from the field: Food crisis is just beginning March 22, 2012
After a failed harvest and severe drought in 2011, more than 5.5 million people in Niger are already without enough to eat — and the next harvest isn't until October.