Mother and Child Health | World Vision Philanthropy

Our impact

Between 2016 and 2021, World Vision reached more than 1 million pregnant women, newborns, and children under the age of 5 with access to improved, life-saving healthcare through our Mother and Child Health Signature Initiative projects in Kenya, Niger, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Our dedicated and expert staff have delivered on all key project targets, in spite of COVID-19. And double-digit improvements on key impact measurements continue.

7,883

7,883 local community health workers and volunteers have been trained

27%

27% fewer infants died in our Uganda project areas

162

162 rural health clinics have received support such as training, supplies, equipment, water, sanitation, and hygiene

94%

94% of the malnourished children we treated in our Somalia project areas made a full recovery

6x

6x more children diagnosed with malaria in our Zambia project area were taken to the appropriate care provider

Read our most recent progress report.

“I visited several health clinic that were without electricity. And then I was able to go back three years later and see the difference – see a facility with clean water, electricity and solar power.”