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Nutrition Major Volunteers in Ethiopia

Nutrition Major Volunteers in Ethiopia

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Nia speaking with a family whose child had a cleft lip and was malnourished.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment.
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Nia presenting a nutrition workshop in Awassa.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment.
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Penn alumna, Nia Ebrahim, who double majored in Nutrition at Nursing and Biology at SAS, had the opportunity to work with Project Harar, a charity working with people in Ethiopia suffering from a facial disfigurement, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, or tumors, and provides them access to treatment. More than 40% of the patients who arrive for treatment are too malnourished to undergo surgery, therefore a focus on nutritional support prior and post treatment is provided by Project Harar.

Nia traveled across three regions in Ethiopia training health workers in nutrition, speaking with families of malnourished children, as well as speaking with communities to help spread good nutritional practices. Speaking about her experience, Nia said “As a nutrition major, it was amazing getting to apply the lessons learned and skills developed at Penn Nursing to my experiences out in the real world. The experience I gained during my time in Ethiopia instilled in me a deeper appreciation for community nutrition work”.

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Nutrition Major Volunteers in Ethiopia

Nutrition Major Volunteers in Ethiopia

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  • Holly M. Harner, PhD, MBA, MPH, RN, WHCNP-BC, FAAN
    Faculty

    Holly Harner (she/her)

    Afaf I. Meleis Director for the Center for Global Women’s Health / Director, Women’s Health Gender Related Nurse Practitioner Track
  • Jianghong Liu
    Faculty

    Jianghong Liu

    Professor of Nursing
  • Diane L. Spatz
    Faculty

    Diane L. Spatz

    Professor of Perinatal Nursing

News:

Penn Nursing Center for Global Women’s Health Announces the Appointment of Cathy L. Hawkes to its Advisory Board.

The Center for Global Women’s Health (CGWH), announces the appointment of Catherine L. Hawkes, HUP’74, NU’76, GNU’80 to its Advisory Board for a three-year term, effective February 1, 2023. As an advisory board member, Ms. Hawkes will provide strategic advice to the Afaf I. Meleis Director of the CGWH and the Senior Director of Women’s Health Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and serve as an ambassador and spokesperson for the Center. The volunteer CGWH Advisory Board will be comprised of nine experts and advocates.

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