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.
Blog Posts March 24, 2015 Building bodies and brains in Burkina Faso I am watching her while she is waiting at the community health centre with her 18- month-old son to get him measured and receive a month supply of multiple micronutrient powders (MNPs).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blog Posts February 6, 2015 Celebrating Canadian Global Nutrition Success This week, hundreds of members of the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) will gather in Montreal to talk nutrition, and celebrate 50 years as a growing industry in Canada.
Blog Posts October 26, 2014 A tipping point for MNCH and Nutrition? Reflections on an UN-usual General Assembly After having been at the UN General Assembly, I am proud that Canada also continued to champion saving millions of women and children who would otherwise die of completely preventable causes.