Blog Posts October 14, 2016 It’s time to prioritize nutrition as a basic human right Our From-the-Experts blog reflects on World Food Day and highlights why a human rights based approach to nutrition is necessary.
Events May 18, 2016 Canadian parliamentarians champion women & girls' nutrition Canadian parliamentarians, MI and guests celebrate International Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week.
Blog Posts March 7, 2016 Unlocking the potential of one billion women and girls Roughly one billion women and girls worldwide -- almost 30 times the population of Canada -- suffer from malnutrition.
Blog Posts December 23, 2015 Can Canada create a lighthouse effect for women and girls? Canada has been and remains a lighthouse in the fight to end malnutrition. We need to create a Lighthouse Effect for women and girls if we really want to see change. It is within our power to do so.
Blog Posts May 29, 2015 Better births in Bangladesh When women receive daily iron and folic acid (IFA) supplements as early as possible during pregnancy for at least 90 days, it can help reduce anaemia and provide newborns a better chance at life.
Blog Posts May 28, 2015 Scaling up leadership: What links Senegal, Germany and Ethiopia in the global fight against malnutrition? There's something exciting happening in global health and development that has the potential to impact millions of the poorest people in the world: the acceleration of global leadership on nutrition.
Blog Posts April 24, 2015 Understanding the cycle of poverty and malnutrition $1.75 at a time I am proud to work for the Micronutrient Initiative - an organization working for the world’s most vulnerable who don’t have access to the nutrition. I am taking the Live Below the Line Challenge.
Blog Posts April 15, 2015 An Experience in Contrasts I have to admit, I got a little obsessed when I was preparing for Live Below the Line last year. Eggs were cheap here but I could get lentils cheaper over there.
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.
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.