Children’s health
At Terre des hommes, one of our priorities is to ensure that children and their mothers benefit from proper healthcare. As a result, we have launched a number of innovative projects in this field. They reflect our broader mission to improve access to medical care, water and sanitation in the most underprivileged communities worldwide.
Fields of intervention
MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH
Healthy mothers are much more likely to have healthy children. We provide healthcare and advice to mothers during pregnancy and childbirth.
See more...
WASH
Improving sanitary conditions and hygiene is a vital part of our mother and child health projects and our work in humanitarian emergency situations.
See more...
SPECIALISED CARE
Terre des hommes arranges for disadvantaged children, particularly children suffering from heart defects, to be transferred to Europe for medical treatment or surgery.
See more...As a mother, I am constantly wondering: where will this child be in five years' time? As a doctor, I am more concerned about the social consequences. It is this combination of emotions and pragmatism that makes Tdh capable of making a difference.
Charulata Banerjee, Regional advisor to Tdh on health programmes in Asia
Read more...Latest news
See all...Mission: saving children's hearts
Afghanistan: supporting children displaced by climate change
Afghanistan: supporting children displaced by climate change
“IeDA can make a difference at primary health care level in many countries”
“IeDA can make a difference at primary health care level in many countries”
Living together: youth change the discourse on migration
Living together: youth change the discourse on migration
4 questions about malnutrition
4 questions about malnutrition
Nigeria: Clean hands thanks to gravity
Nigeria: Clean hands thanks to gravity
Syrian crisis: the time for refugee families to return has not yet come
Syrian crisis: the time for refugee families to return has not yet come
“Sharing know-how forms part of a doctor’s job”
“Sharing know-how forms part of a doctor’s job”
Togo: a digital savings system to protect migrating children
Togo: a digital savings system to protect migrating children
Mission: saving children's hearts
Afghanistan: supporting children displaced by climate change
Related publications
Making an impact for children: Annual Report 2017
Courage no. 57 - Can digital technology save lives?
Thematic Policy - Mother and Child Health
Specialised care programme - Annual Report 2016
Thematic policy - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
