Health & Nutrition

Ekram Mayiden, 25, is Immunization Health Worker at Idora primary health care centre, Somali Region, Ethiopia.

Save the Children, under its Emergency Health and Nutrition Program, supports the Expanded Program of Immunization project at the health centre where Ekram works. Ethiopian Humanitarian Fund (EHF) financially supports it. 

Tilahun and Shitaye are the proud parents of four beautiful, young girls who live in the towering, rainy hills of Bule District in southern Ethiopia. Genet, their youngest daughter, has grown up to be a strong, healthy two-year old and a hallmark for good nutrition in the neighborhood!

Tilahun and Shitaye are the proud parents of four beautiful, young girls who live in the towering, rainy hills of Bule District in southern Ethiopia. Genet, their youngest daughter, has grown up to be a strong, healthy two-year old and a hallmark for good nutrition in the neighborhood!

Pneumonia claimed the lives of 32,000 Ethiopian children under the age of five last year, or four children every hour, according to a new analysis.

Save the Children is calling for the Ethiopian government to urgently commit new resources to tackling the deadly disease.