Tag Archives: Health

Family Planning Saves Lives, But Millions Can’t Access It

By Carolyn | Published July 13, 2012

The following first appeared on Care2.com _______________________ Around the world, an estimated 222 million women who don’t want to get pregnant cannot access contraception. I was surpised to learn Namutebi was one of them.   On the way to the Ugandan hospital where I met Namutebi, I saw several clinics advertising family planning services. The […]

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It’s all about where you were born…..and to whom!

By Carolyn | Published June 25, 2012

This past week and a half was a busy one—I found myself in Washington, DC; Delhi, India; and Copenhagen, Denmark. In addition to spending lots of hours on planes and sleeping in airports, these vastly different places drove home for me the immense divide between kids’ lives in countries around the world. These differences are […]

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The Lifesaving 6: Hope for Moms and Children Everywhere

By Carolyn | Published May 13, 2012

The following first appeared on the Huffington Post. _______________________   I am a lucky mom.   I received quality prenatal care and gave birth in a state-of-the-art hospital. My kids received essential nutrition from the moment they were born through their early years, giving them a better chance to fight off disease and perform well […]

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Thriving in Nacala: One Community’s Story

By Carolyn | Published March 27, 2012

I recently spent a week in Africa, my second visit to the continent in 2012.  After a quick stop in Cape Town for The Economist’s global meeting on healthcare in Africa I went on to Mozambique to visit Save the Children programs in rural communities in the north of the country.   I came away […]

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Making Hunger Obsolete

By Carolyn | Published February 28, 2012

I traveled this week to India, both for Save the Children visits and to take my daughter Molly (10) and son Patrick (16) along to see a fascinating place they had never been during their school break. After the Taj Mahal and the backwaters of Kerala, we went to see a program in action that […]

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