According to the WHO, an estimated 5.2 million children under 5 years died globally in 2019, mostly from preventable and treatable causes. Newborns (under 28 days) accounted for 2.4 million of these deaths.
Compassion International Lanka's survival interventions reduce mortality among mothers, newborns and infants across the globe, providing essential interventions to help children reach their first birthday. This includes programming for mothers and babies until the child is one-year-old.
Our home-based implementers are trained to reach out to the pregnant women, vulnerable children and their primary caregivers in the community. They go door to door to the registered beneficiaries and share valuable messages on pre and post-natal health, birth planning, breast feeding, parent education and infant bonding for caregivers. Through regular home visits and group activities the implementers save children’s lives and set them on a path toward healthy development. Intervention strategies include ensuring mothers and babies receive access to prenatal care, skilled birth attendants, medical treatment, growth monitoring, immunizations and early childhood development education.