Marina and Maria showed up at the community health clinic in Guatemala’s Sierra de Santa Cruz mountains side-by-side. It was clear from their interactions that the two shared a special bond and their children spend a lot of time together. They are both parenting young children; Marina, (18) is raising two toddlers, with a baby…
Vitamin Angels and Walgreens Announce Expansion of Prenatal Pilot Program to 12 Additional Markets; Nearly 400 Walgreens Stores Nationwide Vitamin Angels & Walgreens set to increase access to prenatal vitamins for 50% of underserved pregnant people in the U.S. by 2024. Vitamin Angels and Walgreens have announced the expansion of their prenatal pilot program to…
High Diversity, Low Income East Hartford, Connecticut is an ethnically diverse city: over 84 percent of its population identifies as Black, African American, Asian, Hispanic, or Latino, compared to 78 percent of the state’s population who report as white.1 The city also has a high poverty rate, with nearly three times as many of its…