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March 19, 2021

Zinc plus healthy hygiene practices reduces mortality from waterborne diseases

By providing timely treatment and spreading prevention education, a health worker is stopping the spread of waterborne diseases.

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March 16, 2021

Game-changing training on the power of zinc to save children’s lives

Healthcare workers are trained on the benefits of zinc when treating diarrhoeal diseases in Magura, Bangladesh.

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March 16, 2021

Tania’s relentless fight against childhood diarrhoea is saving young lives

A healthcare provider in rural Bangladesh is successfully treating cases of childhood diarrhoea.

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March 9, 2021

Improving the health of Pakistani families through a common household staple: cooking oil

Here’s how Nutrition International is bridging gaps to help streamline edible oil fortification in Pakistan.

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March 7, 2021

Preventing anaemia is critical to closing the gender gap. When schools closed, these teachers got creative

Around the world, adolescent girls lost access to iron and folic acid tablets that help prevent anaemia when schools closed. Teachers in Indonesia came up with creative solutions.

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March 4, 2021

Community health volunteer goes door-to-door in support of adolescent girls’ nutrition

During the pandemic, a mom and community health volunteer in Kenya became a nutrition education advocate. She didn’t want her daughters, and other girls in her community, to fall behind.

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November 16, 2020

Zinc saves lives of children in riverine communities in Bangladesh

The remote region is prone to flooding, making it difficult for frontline health workers to deliver services in the area, where waterborne diseases like diarrhoea are common.

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November 16, 2020

Together for babies born too soon: A KMC success story in Kenya

Purity Wanja went into premature labour. As a first-time mother living in a rural area of Kenya, she was worried about the health of her baby and immediately visited her local health centre.

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October 30, 2020

Shazia's story: Vitamin A Supplementation during COVID-19 in Pakistan

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, frontline health workers in Pakistan like Shazia Amjad have been working tirelessly to combat fear and stigma, dispel myths, and keep people informed.

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September 16, 2020

Experienced ASHA becomes advocate for double-fortified salt

Santosh Sukhram promotes the use of double-fortified salt (DFS) to combat anaemia in women and girls and ensure better health for everyone in her village.

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