Photo credit: Project HOPE/Egypt.

In many poverty-stricken countries, those who are sick often travel for days to reach the nearest clinic, then wait hours for a brief consultation with a medical worker. The crisis is at its worst in Africa, in places like Kenya, where there is 1 nurse for every 27,000 people or Lesotho, where there are only 89 doctors in the entire country.

Did you know that:

• In 57 countries worldwide, a severe health worker shortage directly impacts treatment for deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria?
• Each year, 1,400 women will die in pregnancy or childbirth because they lack access to professional care?
• In coming years, Africa is likely to lose 20% of its health workers to AIDS?

Over the past year, Global Impact charities, including U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, African Medical & Research Foundation and Project HOPE, have provided the experience and resources necessary to train health workers at all levels: doctors, nurses, midwives, even traditional village healers.

A year-end gift to Global Impact will ensure that these and other member charities continue to cultivate a new generation of caregivers in Africa and across the globe.

Your gift of $100 can fund a team of specialists to fly to a rural hospital to treat patients and train local staff.

Global Impact is dedicated to helping the poorest people on Earth. Representing more than 50 of the most respected U.S.-based international charities in giving campaigns across the nation, Global Impact touches more than 400 million lives worldwide through disaster relief, education, health training and economic programs that promote self-sufficiency.