In Sub-Saharan Africa, one element of our robust partnership with Johnson & Johnson provides disadvantaged youth the opportunity to fulfill their dreams as health care professionals.
Through the SOS Nursing and Midwifery Education Program, we provide access to education – and a pathway to employment – for young women and men in places where the ratio of nurses to patients can be 1 to 10,000. Once considered vulnerable themselves, the graduates emerge as leaders, positioned to improve the health of women in their communities by ensuring safe, happy childbirths, the screening and prevention of cervical cancer, and everyday quality medical care for children and families in need.