OUR WORK
Vitamin Angels improves nutrition and health outcomes for pregnant women, infants, and young children worldwide.
We Bring Essential Healthcare to Underserved Communities
As a public health nonprofit we are committed to reaching the most underserved, nutritionally vulnerable populations—pregnant women, infants, and children—with the right solutions. Overcoming barriers to nutritional access takes teamwork. Our incredible network of program partners around the world are helping make lasting change.
Together with our Program Partners,
We Deliver a Package of Proven Interventions When Nutrition Matters Most
The first 1,000 days – starting with pregnancy – is a time of rapid growth and development. To safely and effectively improve maternal health and pregnancy outcomes, we focus on increasing access to MMS and improving maternal diet quality.
During pregnancy, women require more nutrients than usual, and even the healthiest diet may not supply everything a mom and baby need. Vitamin Angels provides expectant mothers with access to multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) — better known as prenatal vitamins and minerals — and the nutrition counseling and tools needed to ensure access, acceptance, and uptake, which improve maternal health and birth outcomes.
Intervention
A child’s nutrition from infancy through age two can influence their health for a lifetime. During this critical window, we share educational materials on the importance of breastfeeding and complementary feeding, which can save lives while helping to promote overall health and wellbeing.
Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to promote a child’s health, well-being, and survival. It provides all the nutrients infants need as well as antibodies that protect against common childhood illnesses. Vitamin Angels designs and implements nutrition counseling programs to improve maternal and young child nutrition such as exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and nutrient-rich complementary foods with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age.
Intervention
When children start life healthy, they’re better able to reach their full potential. To build strong immune systems, reduce illness, and support physical growth, we deliver vitamin A and deworming to children under 5.
Vitamin Angels offers critical access to vitamin A and Albendazole to young children. Two doses of vitamin A every year during early childhood supports healthy immune systems, promotes growth, prevents blindness, and improves child development overall. Adding Albendazole, an antiparasitic, helps ensure optimal child health and nutrition. We also provide supplementary feeding and nutrition counseling interventions for pregnant women and young children to address food insecurity and improve dietary diversity.
We offer these evidence-based nutrition interventions along with technical assistance and advocacy efforts to create a supportive environment for underserved pregnant women and children up to five years.
Intervention
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Making an Impact Together
We provide technical assistance to our program partners to expand and strengthen the nutrition services they offer, and we support advocacy efforts focused on ensuring optimal nutrition outcomes.
We Strengthen Existing Nutrition Efforts with Training and Resources
Our local and national program partners offer a variety of health and nutrition services. To increase the quality and potential for impact of their existing programs, Vitamin Angels offers a variety of technical assistance. From educational materials that ensure excellence in the delivery of our nutrition solutions, to support with record-keeping and reporting, and supply chain logistics we are committed to supporting our partners every step of the way.
We Advocate for Optimal Nutrition on a Global Scale
Changing global policy takes action from all of us. We work alongside global, national, and local stakeholders who represent the public, private, and academic sectors to effect lasting change. Raising awareness that nutrition interventions like MMS are proven effective is just the start. From there, we endeavor to build consensus, help develop plans and policies, and support the adoption and implementation of new initiatives. As groundswell for change builds, we work even harder and amplify our impact.
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