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Blue Zones comes to South Phoenix to target longevity

Alexandra Aley Logan Camden

May 16, 2023 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Blue Zones is a national program that works to improve the health and quality of life in communities by focusing on enhancing aspects of the community like the types of food available and encouraging locals to make healthy lifestyle changes. Blue Zones identifies places around the world where people live longer and study why that is to then replicate those practices in other regions.

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Nurturing the Nurturer: Promoting Adequate Nutrition for Pregnant Women in Sokoto State

Chibuike Alagboso Hadiza Mohammed

April 10, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

The Save the Child Initiative, in collaboration with the Society for Women Development and Empowerment in Nigeria, is working to ensure that expectant mothers receive proper nutrition during pregnancy so they can deliver healthy babies. The initiative provides iron and folic acid supplements, nutrition counseling, hosts antenatal clinics, and even travels door-to-door to provide education and care to those in need.

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Lagos breast milk bank is cultivating a culture of donation among new mothers

Sola Abe

March 14, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Milk Bank Nigeria provides donor breast milk for sick, low birth weight and premature babies in neonatal ICUs across the country to reduce mortality in preterm babies. The Milk Bank Nigeria launched in August 2022 and as of Decemeber the organization had registered four donors who had supplied 33 liters of breast milk.

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How Kisumu households fight ‘hidden hunger' through insects

Kevine Omollo

March 07, 2023 |

Lake Region Bulletin |

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Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu

A resident of Kisumu, Kenya, educates her neighbors about the nutritional value of crickets. Community members are fighting malnutrition by adding the insects to food like porridge and bread.

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Little Tokyo Nutrition Services Is Taking Food Insecurity Off the Menu

Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider

March 04, 2023 |

Rafu Shimpo |

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Response Location: United States, Boyle Heights, California

To combat food insecurity, the nonprofit Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services delivers free, nutritious meals to Japanese seniors in local residential communities, Boyle Heights, and East Los Angeles.

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This Free Grocery Store is Trying to Address Atlanta's Food Access Problems

Kenya Hunter

March 02, 2023 |

Capital B (Atlanta) |

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Response Location: United States, Grove Park, Georgia

The Grocery Spot is a free grocery store where residents can access redistributed food from local pantries and for-profit grocery stores that have more than they can sell. The Grocery Spot addresses food waste and access, providing more than 140,000 pounds of free food to more than 600 families each week.

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Can Discount Grocer Lidl Offer Better Food Access in DC's Ward 7?

Ciara O'Brien

February 06, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

Discount German grocery chain Lidl operates more than 20 stores in D.C. and surrounding areas and allows residents to easily access affordable, nutritious foods. It also hires local residents, providing comprehensive benefits and job opportunities for locals.

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How breast milk banks could avert the next formula crisis

Sushma Subramanian

January 30, 2023 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Amidst the ongoing formula shortage, breast milk donations to milk bands are helping hospitals care for vulnerable newborns. Milk banking started in Brazil in the 1980s, and today the country runs 228 of the 750 milk banks around the world.

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Hunger and malnutrition are increasing, but a group is turning the tide

Blessing Oladunjoye

January 11, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ayobo, Lagos

The Lagos Food Bank Initiative works to address hunger and malnutrition among those in need and reduce food waste. It offers several programs including temporary food assistance, nutritious meal interventions, and family farming among others. Since it was founded in 2016, the organization has expanded its efforts and now has 17,000 volunteers across the country and has helped more than two million people.

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Cooking class series encourages friendship & healthy eating for seniors

Katie Ellington Serrao

December 18, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

The Idea Works Entrepreneurs Kitchen is a commercial kitchen co-working space that hosts a series of classes to teach seniors how to cook. With the help of grant money, the classes help combat social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, while also helping seniors learn new skills and improve their nutrition.

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