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Your gift of a radio will ensure that essential education and practical information reaches those most in need. Lifeline radio, which needs no batteries or electricity, provides sustained access to quality education. more Your gift will help save a life from deadly Visceral Leishmaniasis by purchasing a 21-day course of Paromomycin Injection treatment (approximately $10), along with diagnostic kits and syringes, and help us deliver and administer its use in rural villages of India. One full 21-day treatment provides a lifetime cure. more John Wachira is an AMREF surgeon and urologist. He flys across Africa to train doctors and to carry out life-changing operations. He spends more than 40 weeks each year working in isolated rural hospitals. more A fuel efficient cook stove that is proven to reduce firewood and charcoal use by 40%, increase fuel-related savings, and also reduce indoor air pollution dramatically improving the respiratory health of the women using them and their families. more Your gift of $200 will help pay a portion of the average monthly salary for a qualified nurse working in a basic health clinic in a rural community in the developing world. more For $240, you can gift the gift of surgery and give a child the chance to lead life free of deformity. more Your generous gift of "asthma control" will provide asthma education books for children and their parents in schools and daycare centers. more The Global Health Council, for many years, creates a bridge between Congress and global health programs to make sure that our legislators know what is needed to improve the lives of the world’s poor. The Global Health Council, working with its members, serves as a strong voice for civil society in Washington. more Your gift will provide two days of intensive classroom and practical training for a doctor or nurse in a developing country to gain the skills they desperately need to save babies experiencing breathing or other cardio-pulmonary difficulties at birth. more With your help, students and staff at each of two School for Field Studies environmental research centers will join with community members four times a year to clean up local beaches. more Endorsed by the World Health Organization, the surgery is a simple, cost-effective procedure that provides immediate, tangible relief from the painful and debilitating symptoms of trichiasis and prevents further progression to blindness. more Your gift of $60 buys 10 midwife supply kits for graduates of Women for Women International’s Health Training Workshops. more |