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.
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WASH
Improving sanitary conditions and hygiene is a vital part of our mother and child health projects and our work in humanitarian emergency situations.
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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
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See all...Switzerland: Tdh denounces the detention of migrant children
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
Mission: saving children's hearts
How will innovation save children's lives in 2019?
How will innovation save children's lives in 2019?
Rohingya children: between exile and survival
Rohingya children: between exile and survival
Our response to three major challenges children have faced in 2018
Our response to three major challenges children have faced in 2018
Terre des hommes puts children at the heart of the Global Compact for Migration
Terre des hommes puts children at the heart of the Global Compact for Migration
Switzerland: Tdh denounces the detention of migrant children
Syrian crisis: the time for refugee families to return has not yet come
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
