Growing up healthy

Immunization and medical training as crisis mounts

Nigerien children need basic preventive care for malaria, diarrhea and immunizeable diseases, but children in the areas where Plan works lack access to a nearby health clinic. Drought and locust plagues place many Nigerien children at risk of malnutrition and starvation.

To improve children’s health, Plan works with community groups to ensure there are enough clinics, trained medical staff, and basic supplies like mosquito nets and grain.  Recent activities include:

• built and/or refurbished two dozen health clinics
• trained health workers
• help ensure toddlers are given enough to food and that their diet is balanced
• organized dozens of immunization campaigns in Dosso and Tillabery villages
• bought and distributed thousands of mosquito nets to help prevent malaria, one of the country’s biggest killers.