Saving Lives in Bihar, India

CARE is helping transform Bihar’s healthcare system, and improve the quality of services available. Bihar, in India, is home to millions of people living on or below the poverty line – in some rural parts, it can be up to 60 per cent. According to India’s 2013 census data, maternal and child mortality rates in […]

The day I met Soun and Jan

Late last year, CARE Australia staffer Megan Patroni travelled to Laos. There she saw firsthand the challenges faced by women – mothers in Laos are 79 times more likely to die during childbirth than mothers in Australia – as well as the life-changing different your support is making.

Nepal: How will I take care of my newborn baby?

After a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, pregnant women and mothers now have no access to the medical support and postnatal care they desperately need.

Leading by example in Timor-Leste

When CARE Australia’s Lydia Hanna met Leonora in Timor-Leste, it was easy to see why CARE partners with women to improve the lives of whole communities.

‘Bridging’ the healthcare gap in remote communities

Papua New Guinea (PNG), loses more mothers during pregnancy and childbirth than most countries in the Asia-Pacific region, due to inaccessibility and lack of basic healthcare skills.

Improving maternal healthcare across generations in Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea (PNG), loses more mothers during pregnancy and childbirth than most countries in the Asia-Pacific region, due to inaccessibility and lack of basic healthcare skills.

We put women and girls at the heart of our work. CARE Australia is a leading international aid organisation that works around the globe to save lives and defeat poverty.

We put women and girls at the heart of our work.

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