25 Years of Impact: Women & Children First’s Achievements
Read all about the amazing achievements and impacts to support women, children, mothers and babies in rural and remote communities achieved by Women & Children First and our in-country partners over the last 25 years.
Professor Anthony Costello, the charity’s founder and Professor of Global Health at UCL, says, “The impact has been far greater than we expected. In rural communities we have shown that newborn deaths can be cut by one third, as well as impacts on maternal deaths, breastfeeding rates, and better nutrition.
“Above all women's networks give families an empowering voice and lead to a whole number of lasting initiatives.
“Literally hundreds of thousands of women and their families have benefited from these low cost, effective and sustained group activities.
“I’d like to thank all our incredibly generous supporters for their contributions, without whom none of this work would have been possible.
“We also thank all our wonderful country partners, the Chief Executives, our Chairs and a whole host of board members, advisers, fieldworkers, fundraisers and campaigners who have given their blood, sweat and tears to help save lives and to build solidarity and strength in thousands of rural and remote communities.”
The report summarises the key successes and achievements of the community health group approach, using the Participatory Learning and Action approach, also known as PLA.
It covers the breadth of the work, from maternal and newborn health to sexual and reproductive health, and reducing transmission of HIV.
It shows some of the incredible solutions women and groups have put into practice to change and save lives.
Finally, it covers new ways of working, how groups are being used to support people living with disabilities, and children’s health and wellbeing.
You can read the full report below. Thanks to Costello Medical for their help in designing and pulling the publication together:
Or you can download the report in PDF format here:
Thank you for reading, and thank you for all your support over the last 25 years.