Child Health Foundation

10/02/2018

Child Health Foundation has just been named one of "TIAA 100 Difference Makers for a Better Tomorrow" https://www.tiaadifferencemaker100.org

07/05/2017

Your donation today can help us fund Operation ASHA’s project to manage tuberculosis (TB) in children in Cambodia with low-cost technology. Operation ASHA wants to use mobile technology to conduct TB screenings, diagnosis and treatment for students in 16 schools in Cambodia. Every dollar donated can make a difference in a child’s health.
https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=518
Photo credit: Operation ASHA http://www.opasha.org/our-work/our-operation/

06/30/2017

You can help mothers and their babies by donating to CHF. In Rwanda, we would like to help fund the Women Empowerment Program’s project that tackles neonatal mortality with Bubble CPAP and Kangaroo Mother Care. These methods help babies that are born prematurely or with impaired growth breathe easier and get the skin-to-skin contact they need to grow strong and healthy. Do your part: https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=518

06/20/2017

We are excited to continue to support Grampari's ongoing project of reducing child mortality by encouraging hand washing to children in rural schools in India, with the low-cost and simple technology of the Tippy Tap. The Tippy Tap is a hand washing device that can be created out of local materials, such as a water container, a bar of soap and sticks. To learn more about the Tippy Tap, visit http://www.tippytap.org/

06/14/2017

Meet CHF board member Nand Wadhwani! Nand is a founding trustee of the Mother and Child Health and Education Trust (MCHET). Nand leads the implementation of MCHET’s HealthPhone initiative worldwide, which provides health and nutrition videos free in over 75 languages via downloads, mobile apps and pre-loaded microSD memory cards. Learn more about Nand and his work in the health education industry: http://childhealthfoundation.org/officers/

06/05/2017

Meet CHF board member Susan Lisovicz. Susan is an award-winning business journalist who worked for CNN, CNBC and the Associated Press. She is also the Donald W. Reynolds Visiting Professor of Business Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she teaches business journalism and advanced broadcast reporting. Visit our website to learn more about professor Lisovicz and the incredible work she has done in the fields of journalism, education and communication. http://childhealthfoundation.org/officers/

05/30/2017

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of CHF director and board member R. Bradley Sack, MD, ScD ’68. Dr. Sack was a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and had worked for Johns Hopkins for over 40 years. His research into treatments of diarrheal diseases has saved countless lives over the decades. Learn more about Dr. Sack’s incredible life at http://www.jhsph.edu/departments/international-health/news/bradley-sack-in-memoriam-international-health-professor.html

R. Bradley Sack, MD, ScD ’68, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a faculty member for over 40 years at the Johns Hopkins University

05/27/2017

05/08/2017

Facebook: In Uganda, CHF 2015 small grant recipient OVCASO’s project taught local community members how to make clay pots to filter water. These easy-to-make clay pots help remove most contaminates in water to prevent diseases. Watch how the on-the-ground training efforts by OVCASO can improve lives:

04/13/2017

When you donate to CHF, 91 cents of every dollar goes directly towards improving the lives of children around the world with innovation solutions to health issues. Donate here: https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=518

Please support our important work with your donation today!

03/31/2017

Shop online at Amazon Smile and Goodshop and keep kids healthy! A portion of your purchase will help CHF fund projects to aid children around the world.

03/21/2017

This year we are proud to support Enactus Mannheim e.V. on the expansion of their solar project, Sunté. Enactus will provide a stable source of electricity via solar panels to 10 health care centers in Tanzania.

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Lösung:
Die Kombination von Herausforderung und Chance zu einem einzigartigen Konzept.
Mit Sunté elektrifizieren wir die Krankenstationen mit umweltfreundlichen, Solaranlagen. Dadurch statten wir die Krankenstation mit einer unabhängigen, verlässlichen Energiequelle aus. Dayovo muss die werdenden Mütter und andere Patienten nicht mehr in dämmrigem Licht behandeln, sondern hat nun klare Sicht. Außerdem kann der Strom dazu benutzt werden, eine Handyladestation anzubieten. So kommen die Menschen, die vorher die Krankenstationen nicht besucht haben, regelmäßig dorthin und bauen so Schritt für Schritt Vertrauen zu Dayovo und ihren Kollegen auf

Solution:
The combination of challenge and opportunity.
With our project Sunté, we electrify the health stations with environmentally friendly solar panels. The health stations are now equipped with an independent and reliable light source. Dayovo does not have to treat mothers-to-be in dim light anymore but has a clear sight. In addition, the power produced is used to run a mobile phone charging station. This way, the people who were avoiding the health stations before, are incentivised to attend them regularly and build trust in Dayovo and her co-workers step by step.

03/02/2017

to ACNN's Helping Babies Breathe program in Papua New Guinea. They will use their CHF grant support to return this year and conduct a follow-up on the newly implemented program.

02/24/2017

Child Health Foundation is excited to assist the ARTS Foundation with its research in Pakistan.

ARTS Foundation is pleased to share with you that in collaboration with Child Health Foundation (CHF) is going to launch 'Improving Iodine Deficiency among Children through Awareness and Stakeholders Engagement (IDIAS) Project'.

02/14/2017

Our partner at Official home of icddr,b has pioneered a vaccine to prevent Cholera, a disease that continually threatens 1.3 billion people in more than 69 countries. Your contributions to CHF help icddr,b in finding new ways to save the greatest number of lives at the lowest possible cost. Read The New York Times' article on icddr,b's innovative methods to fight the global Cholera pandemic.

Two centuries ago, a global pandemic rose from the swamps of Bangladesh. Now researchers there may have found the tools to stop it.

12/22/2016

CHF Chair Maureen Black was part of the esteemed team who released a report focusing on the advancement of early childhood development in developing countries. Read all about it in Lancet. This is just one way CHF works to improves children's lives all around the world!http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(16)31659-2.pdf

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12/20/2016

Thanks to funding from CHF, the Kossoye Project was able to implement early use of oral rehydration therapy for diarrheal disease in Ethiopia, which resulted in the country’s widespread use of ORT. Donate now to help CHF continue to fund projects that save the greatest number of children’s lives at the lowest possible cost. https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=518