Brief July 28, 2022 The Global Cost of Not Breastfeeding The global brief outlines the key findings from the updated Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool, as well as highlights results for a few selected countries.
July 28, 2022 The Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool Quantifying the country-level health, human capital and economic consequences of not protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding.
June 7, 2022 Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid We summarize scientific evidence and make a call to action for a resolution on universal mandatory folic acid fortification to accelerate the pace of spina bifida and anencephaly prevention globally.
Brief April 20, 2022 Leveraging the ‘Banking on Nutrition’ partnership initiative in Africa This article describes how an ongoing nutrition-smart programming approach was employed by the African Development Bank and harnessed as part of its COVID-19 response intervention.
April 1, 2022 Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation and nutrition education for adolescent girls in Africa and Asia This article outlines the programs implemented in partnership with Nutrition International under Right Start to support adolescent nutrition in six countries in Africa and Asia.
Brief April 1, 2022 People-driven SBC in practice combating stunting in Indonesia This article summarises the adolescent focused findings from BISA’s formative research which piloted the people-driven design of social behaviour change (SBC) in Indonesia.
March 23, 2022 Sex and Gender Based Analysis Report - Pakistan The report captures the sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) of Nutrition International’s maternal, newborn health and nutrition (MNHN) and adolescent health and nutrition (AHN) programs in Pakistan.
March 3, 2022 Perspective: Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS): A Critical Review and Rationale for Inclusion in the Essential Medicines List to Accelerate Anemia and Neural Tube Defects Reduction The study assessed whether the current dose of folic acid for weekly supplementation would be sufficient for raising red blood cell folate to concentrations associated with a reduced risk of NTDs.
March 2, 2022 The Right Start to Life: Stories of Nourishing the First 1000 Days This document includes 11 inspiring stories of change from Nutrition International’s Barangay First 1000 Days program in Philippines which aimed to improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition.
February 7, 2022 Coverage and adherence of weekly iron folic acid supplementation among school going adolescent girls in Indonesia The objective of this study was to assess the coverage and adherence toward WIFAS among school going adolescent girls in Indonesia, as part of a baseline assessment of a new intervention.
