Health
Vienna drugstores offer free period products for women in need
Austria's capital Vienna on Wednesday rolled out a program to combat "period poverty" with drugstores offering free sanitary products to disadvantaged women.
Oct 11, 2023
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News tagged with food vouchers
Health
Price vs. health: Food shoppers choose price, says study
A new study of food consumer shopping behaviors has found that when faced with a choice—lower prices or healthier foods—they will likely choose lower prices.
Jun 9, 2023
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Health
Refugee children get better health, nutrition via e-vouchers
Electronic food vouchers provided young Rohingya children in Bangladeshi refugee camps with better health and nutrition than direct food assistance, according to new research led by Cornell University, in conjunction with ...
Jun 11, 2020
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Health
Lothian scheme boosts uptake of food and vitamin vouchers for families living in poverty
An improvement project in Lothian is boosting uptake of food and vitamin vouchers for low income pregnant women in the area.
Apr 11, 2016
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Health
Electronic cards to make WIC easier to use
Pregnant women and parents using the Women, Infants and Children program will have an easier time buying food at the grocery store.
Feb 29, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Study examines incentives to increase medical male circumcision to help reduce risk of HIV
Among uncircumcised men in Kenya, compensation in the form of food vouchers worth approximately U.S. $9 or $15, compared with lesser or no compensation, resulted in a modest increase in the prevalence of circumcision after ...
Jul 21, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity drops among children enrolled in NY state WIC nutrition program
New York children participating in a federal nutrition program had healthier eating behaviors and lower rates of obesity two years after improvements to the program were undertaken, according to a study published online today ...
Jan 8, 2013
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Health
Despite belief WIC improves infant health, new study finds no positive or negative impact
Existing scientific literature suggests the U.S. government nutritional program known as WIC improves birth outcomes of children, but new research is unable to find either a positive or negative impact on infant health.
Apr 17, 2012
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