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Cáritas Carora offers health and nutrition aid in Matejey

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Cáritas Carora provided health and nutrition services to 57 vulnerable individuals in the Matejey community.
  • The initiative prioritized children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers with low weight, offering medical and nutritional follow-up for three months.
  • General medical consultations were also available to the wider community, with plans to extend similar services to the Las Cocuizas community.

Cáritas Carora conducted a health and nutrition outreach in the Matejey community, located in the Montañas Verdes parish of Torres municipality. The initiative aimed to assist families facing nutritional vulnerability.

The program provided comprehensive care to 57 individuals, with a special focus on children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers diagnosed with low weight. These individuals received specific treatments and a three-month continuous medical and nutritional monitoring plan to ensure their full recovery.

The outreach also extended general medical consultations to children over five years old and adults in the community who required healthcare. A psychologist, Gerardo Lozada, participated to offer emotional well-being support.

Cáritas Carora stated that these social assistance efforts will continue in other vulnerable sectors. The organization plans to replicate the integrated health and nutrition program in the Las Cocuizas community soon.

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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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