Category: Eliminating Malnutrition
CHANGE Comes to Abaza: Fatie’s Story
The first time Fatie Sore sowed the seeds of a plant called African nightshade, her curiosity about the vegetable was tinged with apprehension.
Read more about CHANGE Comes to Abaza: Fatie’s StoryHelen Keller International Named a Top Charity by GiveWell
GiveWell has named Helen Keller International’s vitamin A supplementation (VAS) program a top charity.
Read more about Helen Keller International Named a Top Charity by GiveWellNurturing Connections for Healthier Communities
Laughter echoes through the grove of cashew trees as the group watches a respected local elder enthusiastically pretending to pound cassava roots as though he were a little girl.
Read more about Nurturing Connections for Healthier CommunitiesPlanting Seeds for Better Lives
The village of Ahsygyi is situated in the Ayeyarwady region of southwest Myanmar. More people live in poverty in Ayeyarwady than in any other part of the country.
Read more about Planting Seeds for Better LivesWhen Husbands go to School, Families are Healthier
When men have an opportunity to learn why taking an active role in their homes is so important, they soon see how their increased involvement has many positive outcomes for their families.
Read more about When Husbands go to School, Families are HealthierMothers Fight Malnutrition
The mother of five children, Aida Abril knows a few things about raising happy and healthy children. She is now using that knowledge to teach other mothers in the Chicomphende village of Mozambique how to keep their children healthy and strong.
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Niger is a microcosm of the impact of the Lake Chad crisis on the desperately poor zones affected by it. The landlocked West African country ranks 188th of 188 countries on the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Index.
Read more about Oslo Conference Seeks SolutionsNepali Mothers Make Nutrition a Way of Life
In the last five years, the mothers served by a program called Suaahara (“Good Nutrition”) have seen remarkable gains for their children and themselves. They grow so many vegetables that they no longer need to use precious funds to buy them.
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You cross a divide traveling four hours outside of Hanoi, Vietnam, an urban metropolis with an airport more modern than those in New York City.
Read more about Planting the Seeds to End Chronic MalnutritionNutrition Textbook by Helen Keller Intl Experts Commended by British Medical Association
Published by the Oxford University Press in October 2015, the third edition of Nutrition for Developing Countries draws on the diverse experiences of nutritionists working around the world to educate health and nutrition workers, trainers and students.
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