Field Stories May 5, 2014 Vitamin A: a Canadian child survival story in Kenya Vitamin A supplementation has played a significant role in reducing child deaths in Kenya and around the world.
Field Stories March 7, 2014 Helping Women Survive: Hands-on Training for Community Workers and Health Staff in Rural Kenya Jocelyn Makori and Roy Wambua are two of the nearly 60 health facility staff being trained in emergency obstetric care through MI´s Linda Afya Mama Na Mtoto project in Kakamega County, Kenya.
Field Stories November 25, 2013 Seeking treatment for diarrhoea closer to home in Senegal This DS-DOM pilot project is just one part of the larger ZACH project in Senegal, which is accelerating the use and awareness of this effective zinc treatment.
Field Stories June 26, 2013 MI’s biggest zinc program is reducing diarrhoea-related deaths in India Renu Kumari is an ASHA, an Accredited Social Health Activist volunteer, and is part of a major movement to save lives throughout Bihar, India.
Field Stories January 21, 2013 School girl turns mentor for out-of-school girls to help reduce anaemia levels in India Nikhat Praveen is now a role model and peer guide to out-of-school girls in her village on iron and folic acid supplementation to help address anaemia.
Field Stories November 23, 2012 Dr. Marion Roche: Thinking Inside the Box to Save Children’s Lives in Guatemala For the next year, Dr. Marion Roche, MI's Technical Advisor for Behaviour Change Communication, will be talking about something most of us don't want to hear about – diarrhoea.
Field Stories November 18, 2012 Maternal and Newborn Health and Nutrition Project: Nurturing Pregnant Women and their Babies in Afar When Halima was pregnant, she was lucky to have had the support of a Health Extension Worker – in this rare case, a male worker who she saw twice during her pregnancy.
Field Stories November 18, 2012 India District administrators' innovativeness channels efforts to reduce adolescent anaemia In 2010, the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls in Chhattisgarh was at 85 percent among school-going girls and 89 percent among out-of-school girls.
Field Stories November 6, 2012 Tackling diarrhoea in Senegal with ORS and zinc: a life-saving combination ZACH is a unique partnership created to develop and sustain diarrhoea treatment programs using zinc supplementation in combination with ORS.
Field Stories February 15, 2012 Transitioning health care delivery in Ethiopia Genet Kebede knows the staff and volunteers who are gathered at the Kebele Meeting Hall in Welenchity, Boset Woreda, Ethiopia well.
