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Think about the Mother, the birth of Her Child and all the love and hopes. The health of the Baby is directly affected by the health of the Mother, but there are virtually no programs addressing the Mother’s health. The Mother needs Good Nutrition to have a Healthy Baby. The Mother and Child Foundation is a charity working to protect the health of the mother and prevent brain damage during foetal and infant development.
A Constitution for the Mother:
Mother and Baby
Last century, science and food policy focussed on protein and body growth. What’s special about human beings, though, is our brain: Look how similar in size are the heads of this mother and baby; look how much bigger are the mother’s hands. The brain is the first priority for humans. The body is made of protein, but the brain is made of lipids. Therefore, the priority for food policy should be the brain’s lipids, such as DHA.
Urgent Appeals:
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Iodine and omega-3 deficiency – in some villages in Sudan, 60% of the children have palpable goitres. read more… |
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Low birthweight health marker – the government that admits low birthweight is rising in the UK, and is now worse than any western european country and worse than Cuba. read more….
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Women refugees in disasters – health and abuse. read more… |
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HIV-1 in pregnancy – the majority of the mothers first know they have HIV-1 when screened at booking. read more….. |
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The time bomb in bangladesh – the worst man-made disaster ever; arsenic is transferred from the mother to the child in her womb. read more….. |
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Permanent brain injury in preterm infants – Very low birthweight linked to impaired brain development and behavioural defects. read more….. |
We would like to acknowledge the work of Robert Whitehead, who took the Mother and Baby photo on this page, and made it available under a Creative Commons license. The original may be found on Flickr.com, here.
