Focus topic
Health - securing basic needs
Access to clean drinking water, adequate sanitation, and sufficient nutrition is a fundamental prerequisite for health, human dignity, and active participation in society.
Millions of people worldwide still lack reliable access to safe water and basic sanitation. This results in preventable illnesses, particularly diarrhoeal diseases, and heightened health risks for children and women.
Food insecurity affects both rural and urban populations. Inadequate and unbalanced diets undermine health resilience, impair child development, and hinder the achievement of sustainable income opportunities. Climate change further exacerbates these challenges by reducing water availability and complicating agricultural production.
Effective and accessible health systems are essential to address these growing challenges. They support the prevention and treatment of avoidable diseases, strengthen maternal and child health care, and contribute significantly to reducing poverty and social inequalities.
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Around 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have regular, direct access to clean water. Around 771 million people do not even have basic drinking water supplies.
United Nations (2024). World Water Development Report 2024.
Our areas of action
Our activities are guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN).
Basic medical care
People have improved access to high-quality healthcare services.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
Communities gain access to safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education.
Food security
Communities have year-round access to nutritious food through sustainable landscape management.
Our Commitment
People in Madagascar organized into solidarity groups are working towards a sustainable food system and better living conditions.
The India Programme (FFVDP- Family focused village development programme) supports efforts to sustainably improve the lives of marginalised people.
Improve livelihoods and living conditions of rural communities by promoting access to clean water and sanitation, and strengthening educational quality, health, and economic status.
For a better life in ‘Bidibidi’: better nutrition, more income and peaceful coexistence in the refugee camp settlement.
Caring for terminally ill children pushes their families to the limits of what is possibly manageable.
In Madagascar, Inter Aide has been implementing a community health project for several years, the model of which focuses on three main diseases (malaria, diarrhea and acute respiratory infections).
The LIMES project is improving food security, income, environmental quality and social cohesion in nine communities in the centre of the country.