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A Connecticut Health Center Builds a Holistic Support Team for Pregnant Women
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…
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Addressing Parasitic Worms in Guatemala
Addressing Parasitic Worms in Guatemala Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most common infections worldwide and impact an estimated 1.5 billion people globally, or 24% of the world’s population.1 STH infections impact low-income and low-resource communities that lack access to clean water, and some of the highest infection rates are reported in South and…
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A Tale of Two Nurseries
Two UK Nurseries Find Creative Ways to Invite Children to Eat Healthier Vitamin Angels UK and the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) have partnered since 2017, now reaching more than a thousand children annually with a supplementary feeding program. Twelve participating nurseries throughout the United Kingdom receive weekly deliveries of self-selected fruits, vegetables, and protein-rich…