Grow Great: Stunting Prevention & Healthy Child Development

An animated video series that explains how stunting can be prevented through nutrition, routine immunization, bonding, and other health practices. 

At present, 1 in 4 children in South Africa is stunted. Stunting prevents children worldwide from achieving their full potential – it impairs a child’s brain development, performance in school, and learning ability for the rest of their life, and it can begin even before a baby is born. 

Although stunting is largely irreversible, it is preventable. 

We created this educational video series with the Grow Great Campaign in South Africa for community health education and for health workers to use as teaching tools with patients. The content is being shared through multiple local collaborators in South Africa, including community health workers, clinics, NGOs, and the South African Department of Health.

"The videos are well-liked in the community. They are simple and easy to understand, and short so people keep their attention."

- Collaborators sharing content in English and SiSwati in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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This project includes 10 animated videos, free for use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

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