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My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Houston is ready to engage more boys and young men of color than ever before. This is the program’s fifth year of helping Houston youth of color succeed academically, socially, emotionally and financially. A million-dollar grant from a Houston-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export company, Freeport LNG is paving the way for MBK to have a positive impact on more children in our city.
The Houston Health Department WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program highlights the many great health benefits of breastfeeding this August, National Breastfeeding Awareness Month.
Contributing factors and medical interventions that help reduce the toll of birth defects, pre-term labor and perinatal HIV on infant mortality rates will be the focus of a conference sponsored by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services.