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Maternal and Newborn Health

336  in ‘Maternal and Newborn Health’.

Blog Posts

April 6, 2015

Breastmilk is the safest food

Exclusive breastfeeding to the age of six months, with continued breastfeeding to the age of two and beyond, is a child’s first vaccine.

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Blog Posts

March 16, 2015

Nourishing Women on International Women’s Day

March 8 is International Women’s Day. I would also like to celebrate how micronutrient interventions have the potential to enable women to continue to be strong, brilliant, and safe.

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Blog Posts

March 10, 2015

Iron Women Forge the World

On International Women’s Day, we were encouraged to reflect on the power of women and the need to ensure that women around the world are positioned, supported and poised to meet their full potential.

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Blog Posts

March 4, 2015

A ‘no missed opportunities’ approach is essential for ending diseases like malaria

The scourge of Malaria was previously at its strongest when our knowledge about its causes and our ability to prevent and treat it was weakest.

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Events

February 27, 2015

MI President underscores importance of nutrition at high-level discussions with Bill Gates

MI President Joel Spicer participated in a private roundtable focused on achieving the "malaria end-game" by 2025.

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Blog Posts

February 25, 2015

Measles worse for malnourished children, but vitamin A supplements can help

Measles has been making headlines recently adding a new worry for people with young infants not quite old enough for vaccines or whose children suffer from compromised immune systems.

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Field Stories

February 20, 2015

Helping mothers on the move in Ethiopia: delivering maternal health programs where needed

The Afar people in northern Ethiopia have lived a pastoral life for centuries, moving their livestock herds and communities as the seasons and weather conditions change.

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Field Stories

February 13, 2015

Listening in for good nutrition: Celebrating World Radio Day

World Radio Day is celebrated on February 13 every year and the Micronutrient Initiative knows how important radio is to getting nutrition messages out to families and communities.

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Blog Posts

November 12, 2014

Anaemia epidemic: we are neglecting adolescent girls' nutrition

As we approach the deadline for the 2015 Millennium Development Goals I am concerned that we are not doing enough to reach a critical demographic: adolescent girls, particularly with good nutrition.

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Blog Posts

July 23, 2014

Nutrition and health: The opportunity cost of opportunities lost

Despite significant progress in child survival responses, millions of children under five continue to die from preventable causes, with malnutrition contributing to 45 percent of those deaths.

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