India has the highest number of tuberculosis in the world, accounting for about a fifth of global incident cases per year. Patients’ not completing their treatment is a major obstacle in controlling this infectious disease. A common reason of patients discontinuing their treatment is...
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CARE works towards cutting poverty off at its roots and to provide tools for sustainable change globally to the people most vulnerable to hunger, violence, disease and disaster. Our efforts have proved fruitful and it has given us immense pleasure in seeing the difference that our ...
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By Howard Mollett and Aisha Rahamatali Aisha Rahamatali is CARE International’s Advocacy Officer, and is one of eight CARE delegates participating in the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York March 10-21. Howard Mollett is Senior Conflict Policy Adv...
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March 20th marks International Day of Happiness There is no way to escape Pharrell Williams and his “Happy” song lately. And why should we? March 20th has been declared International Day of Happiness by the United Nations in 2012. Sounds craz...
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I spent the last three days in Malakal camps. The situation of the 21,500 displaced people sheltering there has reached a very fragile stage. For the moment, their conditions barely meet minimum standards for water, sanitation and shelter. Population density is a lot higher than it should be, b...
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When I met Maheswari in her small hut located in the remote part of Nagapattinam District in Tamilnadu, I could not imagine the path she had travelled to get there. There she stood in front of me as a confident Business Correspondent of Indian Overseas Bank, smiling along with her two children,...
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Generating awareness on public health is my passion. I believe that for any society to be productive, it has to be healthy. It needs to be realised by all that effort and investment in public health is crucial for the attainment of UN millennium development goals and fulfilment of fundamental r...
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What I love the best about CARE is its extremely considerate attitude towards its employees. Today, I would like to share with you one of my personal experiences which underlines the compassionate approach of the organization. About a year back post the birth of my child, I had severe health pr...
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The International WomanÔÇÖs Day 2014 is right around the corner. To celebrate this day, CARE India has partnered with Nykaa.com, an online marketing portal, to promote cause based marketing in an effort to support empowerment of women and girls. Nykaa.com will donate 2% of the proceeds to CARE ...
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In a land where patriarchy thrives, in a country where women are mostly subjugated, in a society where gender roles are not only defined at a very early age but also any deviation is severely punished, in a family where men are not supposed to feel any empathy towards women, I saw a different s...
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CARE India focuses on empowering women and girls from the poor and marginalized communities by equipping them with required skills, facilitating access to resources, markets and services and by influencing systems, processes and policies. CARE’s approach towards women empowermen...
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On July 3, 2015, Khusnuma Begum and Md. Adil of Satal Nihalbhag Nagar Panchayat of Bahadurganj Block in Kishanganj District, are blessed with a triplet in Bahadurganj Public Health Center (PHC). Bahadurganj is one of the areas, where AMANAT Karyakram (Mobile Nurse Mentoring Team) intervention, ...
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