About Us

Health Education to Villages

Partnered with national and state governments, (HETV) works to assist in educating mothers and children, teachers and students, doctors and village health workers, and a variety of community leaders, in the targeted areas of nutrition, health, water, hygiene, sanitation, and disease management.

HETV is currently working with the state of Maharashtra in India - a state of 100 million people - as the pilot state for many of our programs, with the hope of developing education networks that will expand to the rest of India, and eventually to nations all over the world.

Patrizia Fracassi

has worked for more than ten years as a Program Designer and Manager in the areas of Nutrition, Primary Heath Care and Livelihoods in Vietnam, East Africa, South East Europe and India. She has helped compile this site by drawing on extensive technical knowledge available worldwide and combining it with current practices in the field. She is currently a consultant based in the UK.

Motherchildnutrition.org

The information and links contained within this site aim to address malnutrition in the global context, offering online access to the latest worldwide developments in its prevention and management. It is hoped that a greater understanding of best practices, including new technologies and available resources, will encourage more people to tackle the intergenerational transmission of malnutrition, while also freely sharing information and experiences.

This site deals with broad programs involving large numbers of people, and often cites statistics to discuss health and nutrition concerns. We wish to remember that every statistic is comprised of a large number of individuals - loved by their families and communities, individuals who work hard to contribute to those communities. Too many of these people and their children die before having a fair chance at life, and many more live, but are left to lead a life forever handicapped by a childhood of hunger, illness, and both physical and mental underdevelopment.

Behind all our efforts, then, is the sense that every life has enormous value and every unnecessary and avoidable death is a great tragedy. The very least we can aim to achieve with this site is to save lives… the most, to wipe out malnutrition for good.

 

The information on our web site is for general purposes and knowledge only and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or treatment and should not be construed as definitive or binding. Because each person is medically different, patients and laypersons looking for guidance are strongly advised to review the information retrieved with their personal physician or professional health care provider. Health Education to Villages cannot answer questions about specific medical conditions. However, we do review the feedback received to help guide our priorities for ongoing content development.

Special thanks to for editing the main text on the site.
Photographs from India - Thanks to Saptarshi Pratim, FullFrame
Other photos from UNICEF and private collections.
 

29 June, 2008