First 1000 Days

The First Thousand Days of life are absolutely vital!  From the embryo stage when the little heart and tiny brain are formed, to the birth-day when a baby has minutes to learn to breathe, eat, and cry for survival, to the critical weaning period when a two-year old loses its mother's immunity and must adapt to local water -- life is fragile.  Thanks to HealthEd Connect volunteer health workers, mothers have a compassionate and knowledgeable coach to accompany them and their baby along the way.

The importance of the First 1000 Days of a baby's life is the major 2017 thrust for UNICEF.  Upon completion of the 1000 Day workshop session, Josephine Kipampe, DR Congo supervisor, remarked, "It is so gratifying to know we are current and up to date.  We were able to share information about Zika with the government health personnel before they'd heard of it and now we can tell them about this campaign."