What We Do: Health, Maternity and Babies – Alive & Thrive

**Health**

* **Maternal Health**
* We partner with communities to provide quality maternal health services, including prenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postpartum care.
* We advocate for policies and programs that support maternal health and reduce maternal mortality.

* **Newborn Health**
* We provide essential newborn care, including immediate skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding support, and resuscitation when needed.
* We train health workers to provide quality newborn care and promote practices that improve newborn survival.

* **Child Health**
* We work with communities to prevent and treat childhood diseases, including diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria.
* We promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond.

**Nutrition**

* **Infant and Young Child Feeding**
* We promote optimal infant and young child feeding practices, including exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond.
* We support programs that provide nutritious food to pregnant and lactating women and children under five.

* **Nutrition Interventions**
* We implement nutrition-sensitive interventions, such as providing fortified foods and promoting dietary diversity, to improve the nutritional status of women and children.
* We advocate for policies and programs that support nutrition and reduce malnutrition.

**Maternal Mental Health**

* **Prenatal and Postpartum Depression**
* We screen for and provide treatment for prenatal and postpartum depression, which can have a significant impact on the health of mothers and their babies.
* We train health workers to identify and refer women with depression for appropriate care.

* **Gender-Based Violence**
* We work to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, which is a major public health problem.
* We support programs that provide services to survivors of gender-based violence, including counseling, legal aid, and safe housing.

**Partnerships and Advocacy**

* **Partnerships**
* We work in partnership with governments, NGOs, community organizations, and the private sector to achieve our goals.
* We build strong partnerships to ensure that our programs are sustainable and have a lasting impact.

* **Advocacy**
* We advocate for policies and programs that support maternal and child health, nutrition, and mental health.
* We engage with policymakers, the media, and the public to raise awareness about these issues and promote evidence-based solutions..

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