Ashoka Fellow’s fortified supplementary food has beneficial effects

Basil Kransdorff has been working with HIV/AIDS and TB patients in South Africa for a decade. He realized that part of their difficulty in combating the disease comes from their (often extreme) malnourishment. So he developed a “cocktail” of 28 micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), embedded in a pre-cooked whole grain meal (which contains some essential oils). The micronutrients are in...
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Impact of Ashoka Fellow’s fortified supplementary food

Basil Kransdorff has been working with HIV/AIDS and TB patients in South Africa for a decade. He realized that part of their difficulty in combating the disease comes from their (often extreme) malnourishment. So he developed a “cocktail” of 28 micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), embedded in a pre-cooked whole grain meal (which contains some essential oils). The micronutrients are in...
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