Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
In vulnerable countries, millions lack the basic health support that most of us take for granted: food when we’re hungry, drugs when we’re sick, skilled care when women are pregnant. That’s why health care is so central to Medair’s work.
Primary health care is our main area of emphasis. We treat illnesses and infectious diseases, and we help prevent disease from spreading through vaccination campaigns and education that addresses root causes.
We work in countries with some of the highest rates of child and maternal mortality in the world. For this reason, safe motherhood programmes and medical and psychosocial support for mothers and children are key components of our life-saving work.
But Medair cannot treat everyone nor can we prevent disease in every community. Our mandate is not only to save lives in emergencies but also to build capacity from within so that, in the future, our help will no longer be needed. To this end, Medair staff devote great energy and time to the training and supervision of local medical staff.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
In Burao, Somaliland, a Medair staff measures a malnourished child’s arm to see if nutritional treatments are working.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
Mothers wait in line to receive Medair evaluation and treatment for their young children.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
A Medair health worker assesses a young child for malnutrition.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
A young patient’s arm is measured and his progress is evaluated.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
A Medair health worker prepares to weigh a child at the nutrition clinic.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
Local staff assist a blind child who is in the nutrition programme.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
Inside the clinic, local staff prepare a specially mixed food for malnourished patients.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
Mothers feed their children the high-calorie, high-nutrient food outside the Medair clinic.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
Medair’s nutrition nurse helps a mother nourish a child with special needs.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
In some serious cases, children must receive nourishment through tube feeding.
Health Care That Nurtures and Nourishes
Medair’s Nutrition Project Manager ensures that each malnourished child receives proper care.
This photo gallery shows images from a Medair malnutrition clinic in drought-stricken Burao, Somaliland—a region where more than 3.5 million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid, and one in every six children suffers from malnutrition. Medair is on-the-ground providing life-saving nutritional aid for children under five.
