Blog Posts October 15, 2020 The critical case for food fortification during COVID-19 Food fortification is a proven, cost‐effective intervention for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Brief October 9, 2020 Call to Action: Strengthening large scale food fortification to be part of the COVID-19 response This brief makes the case for large scale staple food fortification as a critically important tool to fight malnutrition in general, and even more so during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Events September 30, 2020 Government of Tanzania releases National Biofortification Guidelines to address malnutrition challenge The Government of Tanzania has released National Biofortification Guidelines in collaboration with Nutrition International.
Field Stories September 16, 2020 Experienced ASHA becomes advocate for double-fortified salt Santosh Sukhram promotes the use of double-fortified salt (DFS) to combat anaemia in women and girls and ensure better health for everyone in her village.
Field Stories September 3, 2020 Female entrepreneur becomes nutrition champion in her village In 2018, Anita opened a fair price shop in her village of Kothisodpur, in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
News August 19, 2020 Nutrition International extends financial support for people living in vulnerable situations affected by COVID-19 in Baluchistan In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Nutrition International signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Baluchistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP).
News August 5, 2020 Nutrition International recognized by Tanzania for support of nation's nutrition programs
Blog Posts July 3, 2020 Sustaining fortification of staple foods critical to Indonesia’s COVID-19 response In Indonesia, wheat flour fortification has come a long way, but the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to set back the progress that has been made.
Blog Posts June 18, 2020 COVID-19’s triple threat to gender equality, nutrition and future potential What started as a novel virus soon resulted in global economic shutdown that is creating a malnutrition crisis felt the world over.
project June 15, 2020 Right Start Senegal With our partners in Senegal, we aimed to reduce anaemia, pregnancy and birth complications, and neural tube defects in newborns through iron and folic acid supplements and food fortification.
