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This mother received support at the center with a breast-feeding problem. She was only able to nurse her baby on one breast as the other nipple was inverted after being shown how to correct the problem she has been able to feed her child, keeping healthy and attending our other workshops. |
| Items of food, soap, tooth paste and tooth brush being given out to patients in malnutrition ward by our coordinator Rosaria Martins da Cruz. |
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Workshop on Nutrition being conducted at the HIAM-Health Centre
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| Grinding machine donated by Rotary Aust. Local beans are used as the basis of our Supplementary Feeding Program. A combination of corn and mung beans ground to a fine powder then cooked in a little oil then salt and sugar added to taste. |
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Many times malnutrition is not identified in time, because it can look as if the
child is actually plump. There are two kinds of Malnutrition Kwashiorkor, this is
the situation with the child in this picture, large head bloated body the signs
to us are the blue mottled pattern on his legs. The other form is Marasmus, which
is obvious by the wasting and stunting of the body.
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| Moderate malnutrition: without monitoring and supplementary feeding he will be in a hospital ward in a month. He already has a chest infection. |
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Please help us! Due to the current humanitarian crisis in East Timor, we desperately need your help. |
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How you can help... |
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Help build HIAM Health's Malnutrition
Rehabilitation Centre
Why a rehab centre?
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Grinding our food supplements... |
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| Grinding machine donated by Rotary Australia. The Supplementary Feeding is a combination of corn and mung beans ground to a fine powder then cooked. |
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Visiting inpatients... |
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| This little boy has survived for the second time sever malnutrition even though he is now on the road to recovery, because he is under 3 years of age the damage to his development, mental and physical is irreversible |
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Visit our gallery... |
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| One of the many children helped by HIAM Health [read more...] |
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An AVI's account... |
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| "This little fellow is 8 months old and only weighs 4 kilo...." [ read more... ] |