Archive for Food as Medicine

Community Health Workers Combat Malnutrition with Aheza Fortified Foods

Nutrition is an essential component of adequate primary care. Yet, health centers have long struggled with stock outs of fortified porridge, and commercial products are often too expensive for rural families to access. TIP Global Health recognizes that food is medicine for families living in poverty. That is…

TIP’s Strategic Growth Made Possible by CRI Foundation Support

Since 2017, CRI Foundation has provided transformational support for TIP Global Health’s strategic growth and overall health systems change. Thanks to CRI’s generous support, TIP has worked with the Rwanda Ministry of Health and local NGO partners to expand the impact and reach of our most well-established innovations…

Aheza Community Health Initiative at Work: Improving the Nutrition Status of Children

Many families experienced additional hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including an increased risk of food insecurity for children. Between lockdowns and school closures, childhood malnutrition rates rose in much of Rwanda.  Working in collaboration with community leaders from all 23 health centers in Gakenke District,…