Project duration: Ongoing
Project's focus area: Healthcare in Ghana
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In Ho, the local diet of consists of very carbohydrate-heavy meals that often lack protein content necessary for proper growth and nutrition.
As a result, a recent study has shown that 45% of children under the age of 5 in the Ho region are underweight for their height. As an intervention, we have established a child nutrition program, which teaches mothers how to properly supplement the diets of their children with protein-rich soybeans.
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The program recently began training mothers in two of eight neighboring communities to become peer educators, monitoring the progress of soybean crops and growth of underweight children in their villages. |
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This project will improve the quality of clinical care through the diagnostic lab, and will reduce child malnutrition in Ho, from 45% to 15%, over the next five years. |
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I'm really thrilled to inform you and all the students who helped to make the nutrition project a reality that finally the project has been launched today at the center.I cant wait but share the joy.
- Margaret Asante, Head Nurse of The HOPE Center
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Tiffany Wong,
Co-President
GlobeMed
620 Library Place
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
917-698-4564
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