What is CARE International doing to improve the right to health?
CARE International focuses on building resilient, equitable, and accountable health systems that can respond to shocks and crises and that provide sustainable access to quality health services for all.
Globally, the right to health is undermined by persistent economic and social inequities, as well as ongoing threats to health security posed by increases in the number, scale, scope, and duration of humanitarian disasters. Restrictive gender norms and gender inequalities are replicated and reinforced in health systems, contributing poorer outcomes for women and girls in their health and lived experiences. CARE takes a rights-based approach to health, making the health system work for the most marginalized by increasing access to critical information, services, and products. We put gender equality and inclusion at the center of our health response, and work to address the social determinants of health.
Our programming works at every level of the health system and spans the humanitarian to development continuum to address health disparities and inequities. We focus on service provision and uptake from the community up through the subnational, national and global levels. CARE pairs its expertise in health systems with multisectoral programming in GBV, water/sanitation and hygiene (WASH), education, economic empowerment, and food and nutrition security to build the resilience of communities and systems
CARE’s work around maternal health has supported over 62 health facilities to provide adapted maternal and child health, and capacitated village health workers to provide community basic support.
Key Interventions supported include:
- Maternal support through the Care groups
- Neo-natal access to vaccines and Vitamin supplements
- Supplementary Feeding
- Family Planning
- Nutrition and Dietary diversity
- Village Health Worker capacitation
- Post-natal support
- Cooking demonstrations and dietary diversity promotion