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Vitamin Angels Promotes Health Equity at the Most Critical Moments
by Shannon King, PhD, Vitamin Angels Implementation Science Manager At Vitamin Angels, our goal is to promote health equity across the lifespan, and we do so by reaching pregnant women and children with essential nutrients during the critical development window — the first 2,000 days from pregnancy through age 5. International Women’s Day marks a…
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Vitamin Angels Expanded Number and Scope of MMS Programs Globally in 2022
GOLETA, CA., February 7, 2023 – Vitamin Angels,a public health nonprofitworking to improve maternal and child nutrition worldwide, successfully expanded its multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) – also known as prenatal vitamins and minerals – programs globally in 2022. The expansion resulted in enhanced global awareness and recognition of the importance of MMS and greater support…
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Texas is a (Maternity Care) Desert
Maternity care deserts, or areas with limited or no access to maternal health care, are growing throughout the United States. Almost half of U.S. counties are areas where there are no providers offering maternal care.¹ “Women living in these areas are at risk for inadequate and delayed prenatal care, if they receive prenatal care at…