Credit: © 2005 Michael Bisceglie/Save the Children Caption: Save the Children staff member Dr. Tran Thi Lan holding 16 day-old baby Ho Thi Tham. Dr Lan was making a home visit Credit: © 2007 Michael Bisceglie/Save the Children Caption: New Mother Laxmi is given help with her 6 day-old baby on low birth weight feeding, the baby is being given its mother's expressed breast milk. Feeding the newborn is Prembati Rana, a Female Community Health Volunteer. Laxmi benefits from Save the Children's ACCESS program. Credit: © 2004 Soe Kyaw, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption: A nurses gives a safe delivery at rural health center in Myanmar. Credit: © 2003 Michael Bisceglie/Save the Children Caption: 24 year-old father, Nguyen Van holds his 24 day-old baby Nguyen. His wife, Nguyen Thi Mai looks on. They are participating in the Kangaroo Mother Care Program at Uong Bi Hospital Credit: © 2005 Save the Children Caption: The baby in the picture is named Sharna, age 9 days, the photo was taken in Dhaka division for formative research. The mother is 15 years old, it is her first child Credit: © 2004 Ziad Turkey, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption: A woman lives with her husband in the debris of the Iraqi government's buildings. The chaos of the war was a reason for this place to be vacant to deliver her baby in, and she is wondering how she will provide a suitable life for her child. Credit: © 2003 Michael Bisceglie/Save the Children Caption: 27 year-old mother Nguyen Thi Nhan with her 2 day-old baby boy, Le Quang Ty. They are at the Trieu Hai Hospital in Quang Tri Credit: © 2003 Kelli M. Donley, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption: One of the youngest children at an orphanage in Beira, Mozambique creatively makes do without a pacifier. Many of the 40 children at the facility have AIDS. Credit: © 2006 Patricia Mancao, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption: This piece of cloth is used to cradle 1month old child of a 17 year old girl, Amada. The baby and his parents live in a one 6x6ft bamboo cottage. The father is a fisherman while Amada stays home to care for the kids. This is typical family life in the provinces of the Philippines. Credit: © 1990 Media for Development International, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption: Suna holds his infant, both infected with HIV, in "It's Not Easy," a film set in Uganda about HIV/AIDS. Credit: © 2006 NCI Communications/Save the Children Caption: A mother with her pre-term baby at a kangaroo care center supported by Save the Children at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe Credit: © 2007 Karamcheti Swathi/Samarthan, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption: A young mother holds an infant in India. Credit: © 2007 Rajal Thaker, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption: A mother holds her newborn in the family planning ward at Sheth V S General Hospital, Ahmedabad, India. |