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Healing Through Food: Understanding Nutrition in Peru blog fimrc global health volunteer program maternal & child health medical student peru professional development public health volunteer experience Aug 11, 2025

Every August, Peru honors the essential role of nutritionist with the celebration of D铆a del Nutricionista Peruano. It鈥檚 more than a holiday; it鈥檚 a reminder of the vital work being done to fight against malnutrition and the importance of public health.

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Falling in Love with Public Health blog dominican republic fimrc staff highlight project restauraci贸n public health Aug 30, 2019

Our next FIMRC alumni blog post comes from Joe South, who helped open FIMRC鈥檚 site at Project Restauraci贸n, Dominican Republic in 2012 and served as our Field Operations Manager (FOM) there until 2014. Read on to learn more about Joe鈥檚 unexpected path to a career in public health.

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Plot Twists on a Pre-Health Track blog costa rica fimrc alumni fimrc chapters ghnf nicaragua project alajuelita project bududa project lim贸n public health travel nursing uganda volunteer volunteer experience Dec 27, 2017
At risk of coming on way too strong, I鈥檓 going to start this off by saying that I would not be the same person if it were not for my involvement in FIMRC.
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This is not an infomercial in the form of a blog for some lifetime guarantee that FIMRC will improve your life, and I鈥檓 n

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