location:

Jawzjan Province, Kabul

partner:

Save the Children, The Friends of Humanity Organization of Afghanistan

how:

Working with Save the Children in one of the top vitamin A deficiency (VAD) priority countries in the world, we provide vitamin A and other nutrients to children through the Children’s Nutrition Project, designed to teach families and children how to identify nutritious foods and implement healthy behaviors. The Friends of Humanity Organization of Afghanistan reaches 500 children through orphanages and schools, including the Skateistan School in Kabul.

location:

Toledo and Stann Creek Districts

partner:

Ministries of Health and Education, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

how:

Children under five are reached through schools, rural children are reached through mobile health.

location:

Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, La Paz and Beni Departments

partner:

World Concern

how:

Health clinics are run by the Department of Health and other community-based programs, and distribute vitamin A.

location:

Leraba, Boulkiemde, Sanguie, Ziro, Bazega, Zoundweogo, Tuy, Banwa, Kossi, Poni, and Noumbiel provinces

partner:

Save the Children

how:

Children are provided vitamin A and essential deworming tablets through a network of 7,167 schoolteachers under the supervision of 270 health agents.

location:

Poipet

partner:

World Concern

how:

Children under five are being reached through World Concern’s anti-trafficking projects along the Thai/Cambodian border.

location:

Countrywide

partner:

MAP International

how:

With the support of the Ministry of Health, vitamin A is distributed through the Mother and Child Survival project, which supports mothers, infants and children under five with critical health care interventions. Community health centers are located in the most underserved populations of the country.

location:

countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network

how:

Vitamin A is distributed though schools and community-based health care clinics.

location:

Countrywide

partner:

CMMB, Arm 2 Arm

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through community-based health care clinics and public outreach campaigns.

location:

countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network, CMMB

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care clinics.

location:

countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care clinics.

location:

Adenta Municipal District, Greater Accra Region

partner:

It’s Moringa

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through a community-based model with the assistance of local health care leaders and care networks.

location:

Countrywide

partner:

Save the Children, Hope for Haiti, CMMB, No Time for Poverty, Feed the Children, We Are One Heart, Love a Child, Lifeline Mission

how:

Vitamin A is distributed to children through multiple partner organizations via health care centers, nutrition centers, clinics, school, and community-based supplementation approaches. 60,000 lactating mothers are also reached by this project.

location:

Countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network, Feed the Children, Team Honduras

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care clinics.

location:

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Jammu, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa

partner:

Vasai Blind Relief Association, Vivekenand Ashram, Shri Deepak Shah Sakalpwala Foundation, Child Eye Care Charitable Trust, Janana Prabodhini Medical Trust, Gujarat Blind Relief & Health Association, Drashti Netralaya, Gramin Vikas Samiti

how:

We partner with a network of 15 locally-based NGOs and medical facilities to reach children in both the vast rural areas and urban slums of India with essential vitamin A supplementation. 250,000 lactating mothers are also reached by this project.

location:

countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care clinics.

location:

Countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network, Reclaim Kids

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care clinics to 15,000 children under five. The Paynesville Health Clinic serves 3000 children under five, assisting them with preventive care and treatment outside of the nearest hospital which is 7 miles away.

location:

Kolondieba and eight smaller townships in Sikasso Region

partner:

Save the Children

how:

Children are provided vitamin A through schools using a network of volunteer teachers and the supervision of 18 medical staff. 27,500 lactating mothers are also reached by this project.

location:

Shan State, countrywide

partner:

Save the Children, Shanta Foundation

how:

We partner with schools and community-based health centers to distribute vitamin A and antiparasitics to targeted children twice yearly.

location:

Kathmandu, Pokhara, Rural Himalayan regions

partner:

Rescue Humanity

how:

Orphanages, women’s safe houses, and community distribution sites reach children with vitamin A.

location:

countrywide

partner:

CMMB

how:

Vitamin A and antiparasitic treatment is distributed through rural outreach and health clinics.

location:

Enyiogugu Mbaise

partner:

Enyiogugu International Congress

how:

2,750 children under five receive vitamin A supplementation twice annually through the Enyiogugu Health Clinic staff, who are participating in a study conducted by the National Health Insurance of Nigeria. Vitamin A is dispensed through organized clinic fairs in the area.

location:

countrywide

partner:

Save the Children

how:

We partner with community based health centers, schools, hospitals, clinics and early childhood development centers to reach children in targeted areas throughout Pakistan. 40,000 lactating mothers are reached by this project.

location:

Mollo Marco

partner:

Mollo Marco Health Clinic

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through the local health clinic, serving local rural populations and indigenous populations who travel from high-altitude villages to be treated at Mollo Marco.

location:

countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care facilities that reach into rural areas.

location:

IDP camps in Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts

partner:

Sri Lankan Aid

how:

As part of an emergency children’s health initiative, vitamin A is distributed to internally displaced children living in camps.

location:

Northern Sudan

partner:

Global Aid Network

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care facilities.

location:

countrywide

partner:

Global Aid Network

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through outreach by the Cultural Education Charitable Center of Tajikistan.

location:

Countrywide; Teso sub-region

partner:

Save the Children, World Concern and Pilgrim Africa

how:

Through the Children’s Nutrition Project, we partner with Save the Children to distribute vitamin A to 293,500 children through schools. 250,000 children are reached by Pilgrim Africa in conjunction with World Concern through health clinics supported by the Department of Health.

location:

Countrywide

partner:

Medical Teams International, Ministry of Health

how:

Children 6-12 months of age are reached by the Department of Maternity and Childhood Protection and the health care system, which mandates that every child under one year of age is seen monthly by a General Practitioner.

location:

Countrywide

partner:

Save the Children

how:

Children under five are reached through community-based approaches implemented by the Health and Nutrition and Early Childhood Development programs. The Government of Vietnam is an active partner in vitamin A supplementation and other nutrition programs. An additional 150,000 lactating women are also dosed with vitamin A.

location:

UNHCR Refugee Camp along the Congolese border

partner:

Operation USA/Forge, Global Aid Network

how:

Relief workers and volunteers distribute vitamin A to 20,000 Congolese children living in the refugee camp, and another 5,000 children are reached through mobile health clinics in rural Zambia.

location:

rural

partner:

Global Aid Network

how:

Vitamin A is distributed through mobile and community-based health care facilities that reach into rural areas.