Uttley cindy-briefing-2016

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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children Samaritan’s Purse in South Sudan with OFDA Cindy Uttley, Community Health Advisor

Transcript of Uttley cindy-briefing-2016

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children

Samaritan’s Purse in South Sudan with OFDA

Cindy Uttley, Community Health Advisor

South Sudan • New country • Conflict • Displaced

People • Famine • Flooding • Disease

Samaritan’s Purse • Air Support • IDP’s • WASH • Nutrition

WASH & Nutrition

WASH • Water • Sanitation • Hygiene

“Malnutrition is responsible for nearly half of all deaths of children under five worldwide and, together with poor diets, is the number one driver of disease.”

Nutrition • Care Groups • Infant and

Young Child Feeding

Maternal Child Health • Poor sanitation

& pregnancy outcomes

• Diarrhea’s impact on growth and development

What difference does US funding make?

Thank you!