#EveryChildALIVE: Ochir from Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia

2-day-old Ochir from Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. © UNICEF/UN0188803

Ochir, boy, weight 3.8 kg; 2 days old; born on 26 February 2018. Baby Ochir from Mongolia was born healthy. Thanks to the training his mother received, he was breastfed and kept warm after his birth with a blanket around his feet and a hat on his head (all babies in Mongolia must wear hats and are wrapped in a special way when outside). His mother, Zolzaya Baasanjav, 18, is a student. His father is Tserentogtokh and he is 18 years old. Both live in Murun City. Ochir is their first child.

#EveryChildALIVE: Sugar-Ochir from Tosontsengel soum, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia

5-day-old Sugar-Ochir from Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. © UNICEF/UN0188808 

Sugar-Ochir from Mongolia was born via C-section. His mother is a herder. Her previous babies were born in a very cold and dark room. Thanks to the heated health centre and the micronutrients she took, she delivered Sugar-Ochir feeling warm, and did not feel tired during the pregnancy (iron deficiency can make women feel exhausted and depleted). She said the pills changed her and her baby’s life. His mother, Namjilmaa Naransuren, 38, and the father, Lkagvadorji Dashdavaa are herders, and they live in Tosontsengel soum (subprovince), some 60 km away from the province centre, Murun. The family has 3 boys (aged 18 and 16, and the newborn baby).

Эрүүл хүүхэд, жаргалтай эх:

Алимаа эрүүл өсөн бойжиж буй нярай охины хамт

©НҮБХС/2014/Виктори Коламарко 

Алимаа дөнгөж төрсөн нярай охиноо тэврэн, зөөлхөн гэгч нь ганхан хөдөлж байлаа. Жаахан охиныг нямбай гэгч нь өлгийдөж боосон байв. Монголчуудын уламжлал ёсоор Алимаа бүсгүй толгойдоо алчуур зангидсан байв. Энэ бүхэн Алимаа бүсгүй дөнгөж төрсөн нярай хүүхдээ хичнээн их хайрлаж, ээнэгшин буйг тодорхой харуулж байна. “Бид энэ охиноо маш их хүсэж, өнө удаан хүлээсэн билээ. Одоо би 2 охин, 2 хүүтэй юм чинь энэ миний отгон охин болно” хэмээн Алимаа баяртайгаар хэллээ.

Healthy babies, happy mothers

Alimaa with her healthy baby girl ©UNICEF/2014/Victoria Colamarco

Alimaa is leaning over and cooing at her newborn baby daughter. The baby is swaddled and wrapped tightly in a blanket. Alimaa has her hair covered, as is the Mongolian tradition. The bond between them is obvious, as is the love Alimaa has for her new child.