ORIGIN|UNITE vision is to provide malnourished children under the age of 5 with the micronutrient tablet 6*59. Most of the effects of undernourishment are irreversible after age 2 and continue to limit a child's development until the age of 5. When children lack the vital nutrients in their diets they get sick more often and suffer from diseases like diarrhea, measles and blindness. They also mi
ss out on school, which means they do not have the opportunity to thrive and their future prospects are very dim and some actually die. However there is a simple solution to eradicating these unnecessary deaths, with the administering of micronutrients to children under the age of 5, this can reduce mortality by up to 23%!
