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19 March 2020
Madagascar
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
In Madagascar, insect researchers, regional conservationists, and humanitarian organizations have teamed up to promote the farming of crickets as a way to help preserve forests, save animals, and fight malnutrition. A...
16 August 2019
Clark-Fulton, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Clark-Fulton, Ohio, almost half of all residents lack access to a grocery store, but community organizations are working together to offer options such as produce giveaways and cooking classes. Not only are those p...
Nigeria Health Watch
Bashar Abubakar
4 February 2019
Kaduna, Nigeria
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800-1500 Words
Food demonstrations and education campaigns enroll mothers in the fight against malnutrition and stunting among children. With 30% of children in Nigeria suffering from the effects of malnutrition, according to a 2018...
25 September 2018
Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
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1500-3000 Words
Being in a conflict zone, primary healthcare in the state of Borno in Nigeria has suffered in recent years. In response to the crisis, Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) centers provide Ready-To-Use The...
Citizen Matters
Soumya Satyajit
21 September 2018
India
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1500-3000 Words
When babies are born in less that ideal scenarios, such as prematurely, both mother and baby are often impacted by the stress of the situation, impacting the amount of milk a mother can produce. Breast milk banks aim ...
Nigeria Health Watch
Bashar Abubakar
2 July 2018
Kano, Nigeria
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800-1500 Words
When Kano State began measuring the rates of adolescent malnutrition, they found that the number of children that qualified as some degree of malnourished was staggering. To mitigate this statistic from increasing, a ...
5 June 2018
North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States
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Under 800 Words
An American woman founded a company that produces a life saving food ration for malnourished children. She employs 70 workers, mostly refugees, and her products nourish 2 million children yearly.
Forbes
Kerry A. Dolan
12 March 2018
Bamako, Mali
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800-1500 Words
By the time sick kids reach a clinic, it can be too late. Through home visits, community health workers in Mali are spotting early signs of malaria, pneumonia, diarrheal disease, and malnutrition and providing treatme...
15 February 2018
San Isidro, Peru
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1500-3000 Words
Peru formerly had one of the highest rates of stunting in South America, with chronic malnutrition affecting more than 1 in 4 children under five. Thanks to results-based budgeting and a government-wide commitment to ...
8 January 2018
Nepal
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800-1500 Words
Nepal is integrating nutrition services into primary care to curb malnutrition and stunting in children. Education and access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services are part of keeping children healthy enough to m...
26 July 2017
Antsirabe, Madagascar
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800-1500 Words
Starvation has become a public health crisis across Madagascar, Ethiopia, and Somaliland, but enhanced health education is helping to mitigate this critical issue. The focus of the community education programs is aime...
BBC
Emma Wilson
Sahar Zand
18 December 2016
Tarma, Junín, Peru
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
One in three children in Peru are stunted by a lack of nutritious foods in their diet. In 2005, the government gave cash hand-outs to poor mothers, but only on the condition that they had regular health check-ups and ...
2 August 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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800-1500 Words
Child mortality is a global problem that can be reduced by increasing breastfeeding rates; however, many mothers are either under too much cultural pressure, need to work, or cannot lactate enough milk. Brazil has dev...
24 June 2016
Chad
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800-1500 Words
Malaria vaccine distribution systems in Africa's Sahel region are facing bottleneck in their supply chains, but are working to get help from the government and to piggyback on other aid systems.
2 October 2015
Burkina Faso
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Under 800 Words
By supporting small-scale female farmers, Groundswell International, an NGO, is diversifying diets and combating food insecurity in countries in West Africa.
2 March 2015
Chhattisgarh, India
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Under 800 Words
Fulwaris—meaning "flower beds"—are a network of nurseries run entirely by moms in the community who take turns feeding and caring for each other's children, allowing the community to raise children in a tough environm...
24 December 2014
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Under 800 Words
Haiti suffered tremendous losses after the 2010 earthquake, exacerbating the devastation in an already impoverished country. In 2015, agriculture in Haiti is a growing business backed by the United States’ Feed the Fu...
20 July 2014
Dujana, Haryana, India
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
In India, the country with the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world, the government started a free school lunch program which is rescuing children from dire hunger and improving their diets.
15 March 2014
New Delhi, India
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Over 3000 Words
Population scale and density, insanitary conditions, and malnourishment meant that eradicating polio in India was a tall order. The government, alongside WHO, managed to do it in 2014 using a comprehensive approach.
4 February 2014
Guldara, Afghanistan
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Child mortality rates are decreasing in Afghanistan due to more readily available basic health care, more effective vaccinations, and locally-trained volunteer health workers.
3 April 2013
Karnataka, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
To combat hunger and malnutrition, Digital Green, an N.G.O., is creating and delivering videos about cheap, innovative farming techniques that can substantially increase small farmers' production of staple foods in In...
27 February 2013
Hanoi, Vietnam
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1500-3000 Words
Tuft University is training global organizations a new approach to create long lasting change. The process teaches locals to identify positive deviance in their community and design a way to spread the behavior, with ...
5 September 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
A nutrient powder can save anemic children, but the people who could benefit are distrustful. Having local mothers distribute the supplement was successful in Bangladesh.
26 November 2006
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Maudsley approach to treating adolescent anorexia puts families at the center of the process, helping patients overcome their aversion to eating by calmly insisting that they nourish themselves back to physical an...
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