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November 12, 2015

Improving health care for pregnant women through Birth Companions

Training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in simple outreach work can save the lives of pregnant women.

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Field Stories

November 3, 2015

Helping to deliver healthy pregnancies and babies in Kenya

Alexina is a 22 year old pregnant woman from the Bumanyi village in Kakamega, a county in Kenya with some of the worst maternal and newborn health indicators.

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October 29, 2015

A question of surveys

Learn why we think dietary data provides countries with the evidence they need to develop cost-effective programs that benefit the entire population and the most vulnerable.

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October 16, 2015

From hopelessness to action in Ethiopia: the significance of the Seqota Declaration

With the Seqota Declaration, the Ethiopian government committed to ending childhood undernutrition by 2030. Adbulaziz Adish, a doctor in Ethiopia, is full of hope for the future of his country.

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Field Stories

October 15, 2015

“Zinc and ORS saved my child’s life”

A training session for frontline health workers is underway in Shivpuri, a quiet village in the Kishanpur block of Supaul district in Bihar, India.

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October 8, 2015

Vitamin A: a little hero on World Sight Day

World Sight Day, I’m struck by how much Canadians have already contributed towards one key aspect of eye care – preventing blindness - through vitamin A.

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October 1, 2015

Why economists are making the case for stunting reduction

Approximately 162 million children are stunted. Stunted children complete less school, have less learning and earning opportunities, and stunted moms are more likely to give birth to stunted children

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Field Stories

September 29, 2015

Shobha’s story: How her daughter was helped by the local ASHA

Shobha Devi, a homemaker in the Salkhua village of Saharsa district in Bihar, India, is busy cleaning the house, her one-year-old daughter, Shrishti, is comfortably perched on her hip.

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September 23, 2015

MI reaches underserved rural communities in Ethiopia

For the past nine years, Tibeltalech Kifle has been a Health Extension Worker (HEW) in South Gondar, in the Amahara Regional State of Ethiopia.

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September 15, 2015

Innovation in the supply chain of zinc and ORS, in Bihar, India

Making sure essential drugs and services reach people who need it and when they need it is a challenge, especially in the eastern state of Bihar, India, where resources are limited.

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