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Transforming the Birth Experience in the Philippines with Quality Maternity Care and Free Birth Centers
Maternal and infant survival rates at Mercy in Action birth centers are four times higher than the national average. Mercy in Action has been sponsoring free birth centers and facilitating the delivery of quality maternity care since 1991. With over 16,000 babies born in their facilities, the organization has profoundly impacted the lives of women…
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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…