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INMED Brasil and Healthy Children, Healthy Futures program to be featured on BBC World News

Ashburn, Virginia, November 21, 2008—The scourge of intestinal parasitic infection—and how organizations like INMED are tackling it in Brazil—will be the focus of an upcoming episode of the BBC World News global health documentary series, Survival.

INMED’s Healthy Children, Healthy Futures program will be featured as an effective community-based approach to combating intestinal parasites through a combination of medical treatment, participatory education for children and community action to improve hygiene and sanitation.

Watch “The Hidden Invaders” on BBC World News at 8:10 and 17:10 GMT on November 29 and at 1:10 and 14:10 GMT on November 30 (in the Eastern time zone, 3:10 a.m., 12:10 p.m. or 8:10 p.m. on November 29; 9:10 a.m. on November 30). Or watch online; the program will be available at http://survival.tv/ as soon as it airs on television.

About INMED Partnerships for Children

INMED Partnerships for Children (www.inmed.org) is an international non-profit humanitarian development organization dedicated to strengthening the ability of families and communities to support the development of healthy, educated children who have increased opportunities for the future. Since 1986, INMED has built partnerships locally and in more than 100 countries to carry out a wide range of health, nutrition, education, violence prevention and community development projects that create a continuum of care from the prenatal period through adulthood. Its Loudoun County programs have educated and strengthened local families since 1994.

Contact Info:

INMED Partnerships for Children
Mary-Lynne Lasco, Director of Development
281-465-4693, or contact@inmed.org