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November 12, 2014

Anaemia epidemic: we are neglecting adolescent girls' nutrition

As we approach the deadline for the 2015 Millennium Development Goals I am concerned that we are not doing enough to reach a critical demographic: adolescent girls, particularly with good nutrition.

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October 26, 2014

A tipping point for MNCH and Nutrition? Reflections on an UN-usual General Assembly

After having been at the UN General Assembly, I am proud that Canada also continued to champion saving millions of women and children who would otherwise die of completely preventable causes.

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Field Stories

October 10, 2014

MI campaign increases uptake of vitamin A supplementation in Ethiopia

Abyot Abebe, a 28-year-old mother of two boys, was always fascinated by a radio spot featuring a group of excited children playing football.

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Field Stories

October 1, 2014

MI’s approach to treating childhood diarrhoea in India: awareness, treatment and supply

Vibha Bharti hopes the thousands of women who visit her health centre about 20 kilometres outside the village of Ghatkusumbha in the Bihar state get to her before the rainy season.

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September 11, 2014

A Full Belly Might Not Be a Nourished One

The worries of parents trying to decide what food they can send their children to school with to ensure they make it through the day happily and healthily start much earlier in their children's lives.

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July 23, 2014

Nutrition and health: The opportunity cost of opportunities lost

Despite significant progress in child survival responses, millions of children under five continue to die from preventable causes, with malnutrition contributing to 45 percent of those deaths.

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Field Stories

June 2, 2014

Ethiopia: The opportunity to examine the impact of iodized salt

Salt processors in Ethiopia have made great progress in increasing the supply of adequately iodized salt.

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Field Stories

May 5, 2014

Vitamin A: a Canadian child survival story in Kenya

Vitamin A supplementation has played a significant role in reducing child deaths in Kenya and around the world.

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Field Stories

March 7, 2014

Helping Women Survive: Hands-on Training for Community Workers and Health Staff in Rural Kenya

Jocelyn Makori and Roy Wambua are two of the nearly 60 health facility staff being trained in emergency obstetric care through MI´s Linda Afya Mama Na Mtoto project in Kakamega County, Kenya.

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Field Stories

January 28, 2014

Desire to innovate pulls Canadian volunteer to Senegal

Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO) volunteer Pierre Rivard figured out how to improve the functioning of salt iodization equipment in Senegal.

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