Almost half of all child deaths are caused by malnutrition, making it one of the biggest dangers to child survival in the world.MCMDO’s Emergency Response function focuses on saving lives and alleviating human suffering. This response often involves prioritizing needs such as food, water, shelter, cash and other non-food items. It also sees MCMDO reduce morbidity and mortality through the delivery of targeted health responses, including: emergency sanitation, hygiene promotion, disease surveillance, immunization campaigns, outbreak response, curative nutrition programme and primary healthcare services.
Our team works in health centers, on mobile teams, and in communities to find cases of malnutrition and ensure that children receive lifesaving treatment. Every year, our community-based nutrition programs reach thousands of mothers and children.
Our teams train community health workers to educate mothers, fathers, and other caregivers about the benefits of breastfeeding and improved nutrition to help babies and young children grow up strong and healthy, to encourage and promote good health, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, and care practices for mothers, infants, and young children.
MCMDO’s teams provide psychological first aid in emergencies, offer mental health counselling, provide women and children with safe spaces to find calm, play, bond, and talk about difficult issues, and help people to develop coping strategies to deal with mental health challenges.
To bridge the gap between remote communities and formal health systems, MCMDO partners with health workers. We empower community health workers and volunteers with the skills and tools needed to diagnose and treat malnourished children in the villages where they live and work
