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Senegal & Sahel

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Field Stories

May 22, 2015

The mechanics of nutrition in Senegal

It is ten o'clock and the sun already spreads its warm rays over Lac Rose. From the shore, one can hear the clamor of salt harvesters singing at work since sunrise.

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Blog Posts

March 24, 2015

Building bodies and brains in Burkina Faso

I am watching her while she is waiting at the community health centre with her 18- month-old son to get him measured and receive a month supply of multiple micronutrient powders (MNPs).

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Field Stories

March 4, 2015

Crowning iodization achievement with Senegal's Queen of Iodized Salt

"They call me the Queen of Iodized Salt," says Marie Diouf as she surveys her salt pond. A salt harvester from Fatick in Senegal, Marie used to harvest salt from a commonly-owned salt flat.

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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.

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Field Stories

January 28, 2014

Desire to innovate pulls Canadian volunteer to Senegal

Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO) volunteer Pierre Rivard figured out how to improve the functioning of salt iodization equipment in Senegal.

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Field Stories

November 25, 2013

Seeking treatment for diarrhoea closer to home in Senegal

This DS-DOM pilot project is just one part of the larger ZACH project in Senegal, which is accelerating the use and awareness of this effective zinc treatment.

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Field Stories

June 25, 2013

Souleymane the Senegalese salt-repreneur

Souleymane was struggling to make ends meet in Dakar, Senegal and decided to return to his home community of Ndiémou to try his hand at salt harvesting.

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Field Stories

November 6, 2012

Tackling diarrhoea in Senegal with ORS and zinc: a life-saving combination

ZACH is a unique partnership created to develop and sustain diarrhoea treatment programs using zinc supplementation in combination with ORS.

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Field Stories

June 21, 2012

South-to-South mentoring: stepping up salt iodization to improve health in Africa

For three years, the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) has been facilitating the cross-sharing of program experiences between salt processors in Africa to help build and sustain salt iodization.

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Field Stories

October 13, 2011

Multi-level advocacy leads to huge breakthroughs in salt iodization in Ethiopia

When H E Hassen Abdulkadir was posted as Ethiopian Ambassador to Senegal, he never expected to become so interested in producing and iodizing salt.

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