What
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Some 17,000 Bolivian children under age 5 die annually – many from preventable or treatable illnesses like diarrhea or pneumonia. While preventive health care can be planned, children’s need for curative health care is unpredictable. Save the Children's solution is to help train and equip local health workers so that they provide appropriate care. You can support our partnership with the Government of Bolivia to make lifesaving care available to rural children far from health facilities.
Activities
Save the Children provides the support and assistance the Bolivian Ministry of Health needs to train health workers to diagnose and treat common childhood illnesses. We also provide health workers with antibiotics and supplies.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $625
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $49,375
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
Additional Documentation
Resources
Why
Potential Long Term Impact
Your support will help Save the Children increase access to lifesaving care for poor children in rural Bolivia. Trained health workers and the families they serve and educate are the first line of defense when children become ill.
Project Message
The Survive to 5 campaign has the potential to change the future for millions of children.
- Melinda French Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Who
ContactCourtney Williams,Manager Workplace Campaigns & Partnerships 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 United States 800-728-3843 Email: Project SponsorGlobalGiving |
Organization
Learn more about Save the Children Federation and the project team. |
Where
Country
This project is located in 
Bolivia
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Bolivia, read the Human Development Report on Bolivia or the Wikipedia entry for Bolivia.
When
Last Updated
This project was last updated on May 09, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 03, 2008.
Latest Update from the Field
Survive to Five -Bolivia Update
By Courtney Williams - Manager Corporate Partnerships, May 09, 2008 06:38 PM
The Saving Newborn Lives Program in Bolivia and Guatemala is undertaking an operational research program in Oruro, Bolivia, and in Ixil, in Guatemala thanks to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The focus of the operational research is on post natal care for both childrens and mothers. We have learned that that this period, immediately following birth is the most vulnerable period for newborns, especially during the first week of life. It is also a period when mothers and newborns often do not have access to health services.
Ideally, newborns and mothers would receive care within six hours of birth, and then within three days after birth.
We are looking at three models of attention for newborns and mothers.
First of all, we are recommending that health promotors, usually community volunteers, make five home visits to weigh the newborn, take the termperature of the newborn, and check the respiration rate of both the newborn and the mother. The health promotor should also try to detect any signs of danger or risk which require other support from the nearest health center. We know that we have to provide more training to health promotors and government health workers to follow these recommended practices.
An expected result or product from this ongoing research in Guatemala and Bolivia will be the development of a training package which focuses on home visits for newborns immediately following birth and the required attention for mothers. We believe that the knowledge gained from this operations research study will lead to a reduction in newborn deaths and improved attention to mothers. We are calling this approach, Six Hours, and Three Days.
