Sustainable development

As Ebola outbreak worsens, doctors battle with beliefs and shortages

July 21 2014 - SOS Children’s Villages programmes continue efforts to raise awareness and battle the spread of the disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

August 16 2013 - Cervical cancer was far from Annie’s mind when both she and her daughter tested positive for HIV. Her concern was for her little girl who lay in a hospital bed, her life threatened by pneumonia. While health services were freely available locally, they were out of reach for the ailing mother and child.

Women deliver positive health message

March 7 2013 - One child in every 11 dies as a result of preventable health conditions in Ethiopia. A quarter of the population – most of whom are illiterate and poor– live at least 10km from any health facility. Rural women are now at the forefront of change.