Blog Posts January 8, 2016 The power of the multisectoral approach What makes PINKK so unique compared to other nutrition projects is above all its multisectoral approach.
Field Stories November 16, 2015 Saving lives through better diarrhoea treatment: accomplishments in Bihar and Chhattisgarh Since 2009, MI has been working in two of India’s high-burden states, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, to ensure that children suffering from diarrhoea get treated with zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS).
Field Stories October 15, 2015 “Zinc and ORS saved my child’s life” A training session for frontline health workers is underway in Shivpuri, a quiet village in the Kishanpur block of Supaul district in Bihar, India.
Blog Posts October 1, 2015 Why economists are making the case for stunting reduction Approximately 162 million children are stunted. Stunted children complete less school, have less learning and earning opportunities, and stunted moms are more likely to give birth to stunted children
Field Stories September 29, 2015 Shobha’s story: How her daughter was helped by the local ASHA Shobha Devi, a homemaker in the Salkhua village of Saharsa district in Bihar, India, is busy cleaning the house, her one-year-old daughter, Shrishti, is comfortably perched on her hip.
Field Stories September 23, 2015 MI reaches underserved rural communities in Ethiopia For the past nine years, Tibeltalech Kifle has been a Health Extension Worker (HEW) in South Gondar, in the Amahara Regional State of Ethiopia.
Field Stories September 15, 2015 Innovation in the supply chain of zinc and ORS, in Bihar, India Making sure essential drugs and services reach people who need it and when they need it is a challenge, especially in the eastern state of Bihar, India, where resources are limited.
Blog Posts August 20, 2015 Is there more than one window of opportunity to improve children’s nutrition? In the past decade or so, people who work to improve the nutrition of women and children have focused on the “1000 day window of opportunity”.
Field Stories July 6, 2015 Ethiopia: Access to zinc and ORS help families fight diarrhoea For Fatuma and her neighbours, having zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS) in the community could be life-saving.