Blog Posts April 16, 2021 You Are What You Eat: Mapping nutrition perceptions in India’s youth A survey among urban Indian youth shows the imperative need for nutrition resiliency.
Field Stories April 12, 2021 A maternal health worker in Bangladesh navigates COVID-19 protocols Despite the additional challenges of COVID-19, this community health worker is continuing to support maternal health in her community.
Field Stories March 31, 2021 Communities support adolescent health amid COVID-19 school closures When schools closed, anaemia prevention for adolescent girls was jeopardized. The need for iron and folic acid supplements can’t wait for the pandemic to pass.
March 26, 2021 Determination of an Acceptable Portion Size of Daal for a Bangladeshi Community-Based Iron Intervention in Adolescent Girls: A Feasibility Study This community-based non-randomized crossover feeding trial was designed to determine the portion size that the adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh could feasibly consume.
March 18, 2021 Better Investment for Stunting Alleviation The Better Investment for Stunting Alleviation project is supporting the Government of Indonesia's efforts to reduce stunting rates by improving nutrition pre-pregnancy and in the first 1,000 days.
March 12, 2021 Training healthcare workers increases IFA use and adherence: Evidence and cost-effectiveness analysis from Bangladesh This paper presents NI’s cost-effectiveness study on building capacity of frontline health workers for improved IFAS adherence among pregnant women in Bangladesh.
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.
Field Stories March 4, 2021 Community health volunteer goes door-to-door in support of adolescent girls’ nutrition During the pandemic, a mom and community health volunteer in Kenya became a nutrition education advocate. She didn’t want her daughters, and other girls in her community, to fall behind.
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.
News February 23, 2021 Nutrition International shares call to action on anaemia Read the remarks our president and CEO Joel Spicer made at Canada's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development in regard to anaemia.
