Field Stories November 27, 2013 "Want your child healthy and smart? Just consume iodized salt!" Indonesia Adding iodine to salt provides protection from brain damage due to iodine deficiency for whole populations.
Field Stories June 26, 2013 MI’s biggest zinc program is reducing diarrhoea-related deaths in India Renu Kumari is an ASHA, an Accredited Social Health Activist volunteer, and is part of a major movement to save lives throughout Bihar, India.
Field Stories January 21, 2013 School girl turns mentor for out-of-school girls to help reduce anaemia levels in India Nikhat Praveen is now a role model and peer guide to out-of-school girls in her village on iron and folic acid supplementation to help address anaemia.
Field Stories November 18, 2012 India District administrators' innovativeness channels efforts to reduce adolescent anaemia In 2010, the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls in Chhattisgarh was at 85 percent among school-going girls and 89 percent among out-of-school girls.
Field Stories October 26, 2012 Kick-starting flour fortification activities in the Eastern Mediterranean region A World Health Organization and Flour Fortification Initiative joint Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office Harmonization Workshop for Wheat and Flour Fortification was held in Amman, Jordan.
Field Stories March 7, 2012 Pushing health outcomes and gender roles in Pakistan In Pakistan's Sindh and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa provinces, two women are working to improve the health of 6.3 million people.
Field Stories February 15, 2012 Reaching the hard-to-reach in Bangladesh with vitamin A While vitamin A coverage is high in Bangladesh, in many areas with over 90 per cent coverage with two doses, some children are still being missed.
Field Stories February 15, 2012 Laxmi salt: adding wisdom to a simple staple in India On a busy street in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India, Jagdish Keshaubhi Prajapati is running his chakki (salt crushing machine) at Laxmi Salt.
Field Stories August 29, 2011 Strengthening the salt industry in Bangladesh: MI and BSCIC When salt iodization was introduced in the early nineties and made mandatory in Bangladesh, it was a natural fit to make BSCIC the focal point for iodization efforts.
Field Stories June 15, 2011 GIS: improving health & lives in Pakistan by monitoring iodized salt Imagine a tool that could help significantly reduce preventable brain damage, caused by a lack of iodine in the diet, by monitoring the quality of iodized salt produced.
