Working together for better access to health
Providing health and nutrition advice to the young mother Balguissa in Burkina Faso during pregnancy and after childbirth. Giving midwives the resources they need to save newborn babies in Mali and Bangladesh. Training health workers in West Africa and Asia in using digital tools to improve pregnancy monitoring and the quality of diagnoses and treatment pathways...
These are just some facets of what Terre des hommes’ teams achieve in the field each and every day in some of the world’s poorest and most remote regions. Staff, partners and community volunteers focus their efforts on:
Perinatal health: the care given before, during and after childbirth, the critical times when most deaths of mothers and babies occur.
Strengthening health systems: everything that improves quality of service in primary care, such as continued training for healthcare workers, improvements in access to water, sanitation and hygiene in health centres, and upgrades to health information systems.
Digital healthcare: using digital technologies and artificial intelligence to improve the quality of diagnoses and treatment when conducting checkups on pregnant women, children under five and their mothers.
Our impact in 2023
20+ million checkups
on children with our IeDA digital diagnosis tablet since the project started
3.3 million children and mothers
have received quality healthcare
17,500
people have received healthcare training
At the heart of quality healthcare
More than five million children aged under five die every year worldwide. The reason is the higher risks during pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these deaths could be avoided with access to good-quality primary health services.
To enable mothers and their babies to enjoy good health, Terre des hommes facilitates access to healthcare and the right to universal coverage, improved sanitary conditions in healthcare establishments, expanded data collection and analysis, and training in clinical protocols and innovative tools for health workers.
For too many children, wherever they are, health is constant battle. Terre des hommes is fostering learning and training of health staff right in the villages themselves in isolated regions and is raising awareness among local populations to improve, preserve and develop the management and monitoring of health, hygiene and sanitation for the whole community.
To stop malnutrition, and the spread of epidemics and diseases, our teams organise information and awareness-raising campaigns. The aim is to familiarise mothers with best practice in perinatal and infant health, nutrition, water and hygiene.
More than five million children aged under five die every year worldwide. The reason is the higher risks during pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these deaths could be avoided with access to good-quality primary health services.
To enable mothers and their babies to enjoy good health, Terre des hommes facilitates access to healthcare and the right to universal coverage, improved sanitary conditions in healthcare establishments, expanded data collection and analysis, and training in clinical protocols and innovative tools for health workers.
For too many children, wherever they are, health is constant battle. Terre des hommes is fostering learning and training of health staff right in the villages themselves in isolated regions and is raising awareness among local populations to improve, preserve and develop the management and monitoring of health, hygiene and sanitation for the whole community.
To stop malnutrition, and the spread of epidemics and diseases, our teams organise information and awareness-raising campaigns. The aim is to familiarise mothers with best practice in perinatal and infant health, nutrition, water and hygiene.
To the village with Aissata
“Since being trained, I have resuscitated several babies and dealt with many cases of post-partum haemorrhage. My objective is for women to know the joy of giving life because a child is the most beautiful of all gifts.”
Neonatal and maternal mortality rates in Mali are among the highest in the world. The maternity unit manager at the Kalaké health centre, Aissata has been enthusiastically following the SIMESON programme (“Simulation of Essential Skills in Obstetric and Neonatal care”), a training course developed by Terre des hommes to overcome the lack of qualified staff in Mali’s rural areas, where there are just 3 trained health workers for every 10,000 inhabitants.
With the support of
Austrian Development Agency
The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) aims to reduce poverty, preserve the environment and promote peace and human security in partner countries. ADA's long-term programmes and projects support self-help to ensure sustainable development.
ARCAD
Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) Japan
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)
Canton of Aargau
Caritas Germany
Swiss Solidarity
Swiss Solidarity is Switzerland's humanitarian fundraising and solidarity system. For Terre des hommes, Swiss Solidarity is one of its most important partners, particularly in the case of natural disasters.
SDC
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) implements the Federal Council's foreign policy on humanitarian aid, development cooperation and cooperation with Eastern Europe and at multilateral level. The SDC focuses its activities on reducing poverty and distress, as well as curbing global risks. It also aims to preserve natural resources for future generations.
Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA)
ECHO
The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) funds relief operations for victims of natural disasters and conflicts outside the European Union.
Enabel
Enabel manages development projects on behalf of the Belgian government and other donors. In this way, it contributes to global efforts for sustainable development.
Medicor Foundation
The Global Fund
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
OCHA
Rezzonico-Stiftung
Tierra de hombres
UNICEF
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund: UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, protect their rights and help them reach their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
UNITAID
Unitaid is an international organisation that invests in innovations to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria faster, more affordably and more effectively. Unitaid is a partnership hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).
USAID
City of Neuchâtel
World Bank
World Food Programme
Austrian Development Agency
The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) aims to reduce poverty, preserve the environment and promote peace and human security in partner countries. ADA's long-term programmes and projects support self-help to ensure sustainable development.
ARCAD
Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) Japan
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)
Canton of Aargau
Caritas Germany
Swiss Solidarity
Swiss Solidarity is Switzerland's humanitarian fundraising and solidarity system. For Terre des hommes, Swiss Solidarity is one of its most important partners, particularly in the case of natural disasters.
SDC
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) implements the Federal Council's foreign policy on humanitarian aid, development cooperation and cooperation with Eastern Europe and at multilateral level. The SDC focuses its activities on reducing poverty and distress, as well as curbing global risks. It also aims to preserve natural resources for future generations.
Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA)
ECHO
The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) funds relief operations for victims of natural disasters and conflicts outside the European Union.
Enabel
Enabel manages development projects on behalf of the Belgian government and other donors. In this way, it contributes to global efforts for sustainable development.
Medicor Foundation
The Global Fund
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
OCHA
Rezzonico-Stiftung
Tierra de hombres
UNICEF
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund: UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, protect their rights and help them reach their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
UNITAID
Unitaid is an international organisation that invests in innovations to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria faster, more affordably and more effectively. Unitaid is a partnership hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).
USAID
City of Neuchâtel
World Bank