Field Stories September 23, 2015 MI reaches underserved rural communities in Ethiopia For the past nine years, Tibeltalech Kifle has been a Health Extension Worker (HEW) in South Gondar, in the Amahara Regional State of Ethiopia.
Blog Posts August 20, 2015 Is there more than one window of opportunity to improve children’s nutrition? In the past decade or so, people who work to improve the nutrition of women and children have focused on the “1000 day window of opportunity”.
Blog Posts July 16, 2015 Address by MI President Joel Spicer at the launch of the Government of Ethiopia’s Seqota Declaration
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.
Field Stories June 29, 2015 Mentorship program builds capacity by supporting Pharmacy student in Ethiopia Esete Zewge, a pharmacy graduate student at the Addis Ababa University School of Pharmacy, wants to help solve this problem through her focus on the logistics of distributing critical medications.
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.
Field Stories October 10, 2014 MI campaign increases uptake of vitamin A supplementation in Ethiopia Abyot Abebe, a 28-year-old mother of two boys, was always fascinated by a radio spot featuring a group of excited children playing football.
Field Stories June 2, 2014 Ethiopia: The opportunity to examine the impact of iodized salt Salt processors in Ethiopia have made great progress in increasing the supply of adequately iodized salt.