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For over twenty years, Save the Children health program in Lao PDR has worked with District Health Departments to improve the delivery of primary health care, including maternal and child health. Activities include provide training to improve knowledge and skills of service providers, such as midwives. Onkheo Chinnakhan, 21 years old from Luang Prabang, is a community midwife that has attended training supported by Save the Children. Onkheo says that she was interested in becoming a midwife because “I wanted to help my community with practical skills”.

Noi attends school in Pakxeng district, in a mountainous area situated in Luang Prabang Province, Northern Laos. In Pakxeng, the cumulative effects of recurring small and moderate hazards (such as typhoons, fires, drought, landslides, floods) and the potential for devastating pandemics and infestations are ever-present threats. A remarkable number of these regularly recurring hazard impacts are considered only local disasters. Yet these events may affect hundreds of children for three days to one month, and sometimes occur several times a year.