NY Talk on RMF’s Malnutrition Program in Madhya Pradesh, India

All RMF fans in New York are invited to come to Columbia University tomorrow to attend Caitlin McQuilling’s talk on about RMF’s malnutrition program in India.  Please see the information below:

Title: Childhood Malnutrition in India – on the ground and on the horizon in Madhya Pradesh

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Speaker: Caitlin McQuilling, Program Director the Real Medicine Foundation’s Malnutrition Eradication Initiative in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Time: 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Tuesday, 20th October, 2009

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Venue: 306 Russell Hall, 3rd Floor Library, Teachers College, Columbia University

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Organizer: Development in South Asia (DISHA)

India is currently facing its worst drought in 37 years, a drought that is just beginning to have its detrimental effects on those living in rural areas across the country.  While the national average for malnutrition in children under 5 is 47%, the rate gets as high as 90% in tribal pockets in MP.  Malnutrition has been a chronic problem for years but is now only exacerbated by drought and economic depression. I’d like to talk about the stark ground realities, but also offer some solutions and examples of actions that groups like ours can take and how individuals, even in the US, can help out.

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Bio:

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Caitlin is the Program Director the Real Medicine Foundation’s Malnutrition Eradication Initiative in Madhya Pradesh, India. A native of New York, Caitlin has been living in New Delhi since August 2007 working first for the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative on diagnostics and treatment. She has worked with the national government on supply chain, forecasting, quality assurance testing, trainings, and advocacy for new technologies and best practices. Caitlin has also spent time living, studying and working as a researcher and translator for an economic think tank in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Caitlin graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and speaks Spanish and Portuguese and is determined to master Hindi. Caitlin enjoys cruising the streets of New Delhi on her scooter, experimenting with Indian cooking, and snowboarding in Kashmir

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