Vitamin Angels is a public health nonprofit founded in 1994 that addresses malnutrition by improving maternal and child nutrition in underserved communities worldwide, and has become one of the largest global providers of vitamin A supplementation and deworming treatment. Following World Health Organization recommendations that children aged 6 to 59 months in areas of moderate to severe vitamin A deficiency receive supplementation, the organization reached more than 70 million at-risk pregnant women and children annually across 65 countries as of 2022, providing in-kind donations alongside technical assistance and training to program partners.
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Target PopulationUnderserved, nutritionally vulnerable pregnant women, infants and young children 1 Health GoalA world where every mother has a healthy pregnancy and every child gets an equal chance at a healthy life. 1 Geographic ScopeMore than 65 countries worldwide 1 Measured ResultsDelivers nutrition resources and services to more than 74 million pregnant underserved women, infants and young children each year. 1 Classification
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Santa Barbara, CA 93140
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Vitamin AngelsAbout Us page, Financial Transparency section heading
Financial Transparency Since Our Founding In 1994
About Us page, mission section, sentence 1
we collaborate with an extensive network of local organizations, including governments, across more than 65 countries.
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Our goal is to reduce this inequity by ensuring that underserved, nutritionally vulnerable populations have access to evidence-based nutrition interventions.
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We strengthen, extend, and amplify the work of our partners by delivering nutrition resources and services to more than 74 million pregnant underserved women, infants, and young children each year.
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Vitamin Angels strives for a world where every mother has a healthy pregnancy, and every child gets an equal chance at a healthy life.
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Vitamin Angels is a public health nonprofit founded in 1994 that addresses malnutrition by improving maternal and child nutrition in underserved communities worldwide, and has become one of the largest global providers of vitamin A supplementation and deworming treatment.
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Our goal is to reduce this inequity by ensuring that underserved, nutritionally vulnerable populations have access to evidence-based nutrition interventions .
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