Here in the United States, when our little ones come down with common childhood illnesses, we have relatively easy access to over-the-counter medicines and supplies that can treat them and ease their suffering. Rarely, if ever, do such ailments become life-threatening. Tragically, the opposite is often true in developing countries. Children who become ill with treatable conditions — such as worms, diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria — seek treatment at local clinics, but the shelves there are frequently empty. Poverty renders basic medicines and supplies unaffordable or inaccessible, and children’s lives are needlessly placed at risk. World Vision works with pharmaceutical companies and other corporate partners, who donate medications and medical supplies that we can ship and distribute to clinics around...
PHOTOS: When empty shelves threaten lives
