Health

LEAF currently working on the following Areas of Health:

1. Vitamin Angels Micronutrient Grant Extension Request – INDIA

In order to improve the availability, access, and utilization of micronutrients—particularly vitamin A—among at-risk populations in need, LEAF & VA will organize and deploy resources from the private sector. Vitamin Angels & SEVA are organizations that have demonstrated their capacity to provide children between the ages of 6 and 59 months with targeted micronutrient supply, particularly vitamin A. We provide high-dose vitamin A and albendazole for the initiative.

2. Anemia Free Village Campaign

A Deficit in Nutrition In India, anemia poses a serious threat to public health. India is one of the nations where anemia is very common. All age groups have a high prevalence of it, although the most vulnerable experience it at a higher rate: 59% of teenage girls, 31% of teenage males, 52% of pregnant women, 57% of non-pregnant, non-lactating women, and over 67% of toddlers under two.

It has terrible consequences on productivity—both mental and physical—that lower life quality. It is a serious risk to the survival of both the mother and the kid, and it also lowers immunity to infection, stunts cognitive development, and reduces productivity at work. The severity of anemia and its negative effects on development, health, and the economy underscore the need for more aggressive measures to combat this public health issue. One of the most important methods for lowering maternal, newborn, and child mortality as well as enhancing the health of mothers, adolescents, and children is the prevention and management of anemia.