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Field Stories

March 7, 2021

Preventing anaemia is critical to closing the gender gap. When schools closed, these teachers got creative

Around the world, adolescent girls lost access to iron and folic acid tablets that help prevent anaemia when schools closed. Teachers in Indonesia came up with creative solutions.

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Blog Posts

March 4, 2021

From participant to advocate: A young woman shares her story to prevent anaemia

This young woman is the first person in her family to go to college. She shares how improved nutrition paved the way for her education.

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News

March 4, 2021

Nutrition International accelerates large-scale food fortification in Pakistan

Nutrition International launched a new phase of the Food Fortification Programme in Pakistan to continue implementing large-scale wheat flour and edible oil fortification.

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News

February 23, 2021

Nutrition International applauds the Government of Indonesia’s reinstatement of mandatory wheat flour fortification

After temporarily lifting the country’s mandatory wheat flour fortification requirement in March 2020, Indonesia’s Ministry of Industries has passed legislation reinstating it.

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News

February 16, 2021

A new initiative to fight malnutrition in India

Nutrition International is launching a new project to scale up of fortified food distribution through social safety net programs in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

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project

February 16, 2021

Optimizing India's social safety net programs

Nutrition International is helping state governments in India increase the availability of fortified foods in their social safety net programs (SSNPs), improving access to critical micronutrients.

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February 8, 2021

Specific considerations for research on the effectiveness of multisectoral collaboration: methods and lessons from 12 country case studies

This paper draws on the 12-country study series on multisector collaboration (MSC) for health and sustainable development.

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Blog Posts

February 8, 2021

More than just a piece of legislation, the new salt bill is a real commitment to human development

Bangladesh's new Iodized Salt Act will help to prevent iodine deficiency disorders in the country, writes Nutrition International's Bangladesh Country Director and Asia Regional Director.

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January 26, 2021

Reducing the Burden of Anemia and Neural Tube Defects in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Analysis to Identify Countries with an Immediate Potential to Benefit from Large-Scale Mandatory Fortification of Wheat Flour and Rice

The paper identifies 18 low- and middle-income countries with the highest and most immediate potential for large-scale wheat flour and/or rice fortification.

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Brief

January 22, 2021

Understanding Pregnant Adolescent Girls: A brief on their knowledge, attitudes and healthcare-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh

In 2019-2020, Nutrition International partnered with Girl Effect to conduct in-depth qualitative research to understand experiences and decision-making of pregnant adolescents in Bangladesh.

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