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06-23-2008, 04:30 PM
Father Jose Navarro, S.J., has been awarded the Henri Nestle Prize for scientific research for his work in child nutrition in the Dominican Republic. The prize was awarded in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The prize rewards the best research in the areas of nutrition in public health, clinical nutrition, biochemistry and food technology that is done in Brazilian universities. Father Navarro, a native of Bonao, is the coordinator of the Dominican Catholic Church's Mother and Child Pastoral Service, which three years ago launched a pilot program to improve the development and nutrition of the very young. Navarro is an honors chemistry graduate of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.

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