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A Wave of Need: A Midwife’s Story
The 2013 storm marked one of the deadliest typhoons to strike the Visayas island group in the central Philippines, claiming over 6,300 lives. At landfall, Haiyan (Yolanda) had maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (314 km/h), making it one of the most, if not the most, powerful tropical cyclones to strike land.1 The physical destruction…
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Vitamin Angels Pilots Supplementary Feeding Programs
Vitamin Angels is a public health nonprofit that brings essential nutrition interventions to underserved communities. We focus on addressing malnutrition in pregnant women, infants, and young children up to age 5 to improve quality of life and increase potential. We do this through the delivery of effective nutrition interventions that are specifically designed to improve…
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Satara Spotlight: How A Nomadic Community Navigates Nutrition Among the Hillsides of Palsavade, India
Hidden deep in the hills of Satara district in Maharashtra lives a nomadic tribe of Dhangar people. The village of Palsavade comprises just twenty households, including 15 children, situated among forests and bodies of water. Due to the hilly terrain and patchy roads, which only decline during monsoon season, local Anganwadi workers (health workers) advise…