Blog Posts July 16, 2015 Address by MI President Joel Spicer at the launch of the Government of Ethiopia’s Seqota Declaration
Blog Posts July 16, 2015 Trade and Aid: creating winning conditions for nutrition The Ministry of Trade in Senegal and MI recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of providing more people in West Africa access to adequately iodized salt.
Blog Posts June 25, 2015 Maternal and child nutrition: What about men? We urge all who work in global health to recognize the important role of men and fathers and address the need for more inclusive maternal and child health policies and programs that engage men.
Blog Posts June 11, 2015 Program success is a blend of research and on-the-ground experience I have always wondered why micronutrient deficiencies, or other global nutrition problems, have been so difficult to eradicate when the right motivation and plentiful resources to do so are available.
Blog Posts June 4, 2015 New focus on reducing anaemia in adolescent girls Recently, the World Health Assembly set out new global nutrition targets. One such ambitious goal is to see a 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age by 2025.
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 April 6, 2015 Breastmilk is the safest food Exclusive breastfeeding to the age of six months, with continued breastfeeding to the age of two and beyond, is a child’s first vaccine.
