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November 25, 2010

Micronutrient fortification of cereal flours at water mills in rural Nepal

In 2007, the Micronutrient Initiative began working with village millers in rural Nepal to help them add essential vitamins and minerals to the cereal flour they produce.

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November 19, 2010

Setting the stage for zinc treatment in Nigeria

MI is working to help Nigeria develop effective ways of introducing the use of zinc supplements, as well as oral rehydration, for treating children with diarrhoea.

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October 28, 2010

Combining the right technology and revolving funds to build and sustain salt iodization in Senegal

In 2005, MI shifted its focus to work primarily with small processors where efforts to adequately iodize had been failing.

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October 8, 2010

Vitamin A supplementation during Child Health Days in Senegal

In May 2010, the Micronutrient Initiative joined a group of health workers in Senegal as they fanned out across the region to deliver a package of life-saving interventions.

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September 21, 2010

Double Fortified Salt: Smartening and strengthening a school lunch in India

On the map it's hard to locate Melakidaram, a tiny village in coastal Tamil Nadu, India, with less than a thousand households.

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September 20, 2010

Bima, Indonesia’s only female salt extender using salt to improve lives

Layli is the Micronutrient Initiative's first and only female salt extender in Indonesia.

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September 16, 2010

Pakistan: Flour fortification in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa improves maternal health

Five years after an earthquake devastated many regions in Pakistan, MI continues to help Pakistanis rebuild their lives by improving the health of their families through wheat flour fortification.

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July 15, 2010

Working toward a sustainable vitamin A program in Senegal

Senegal has achieved close to universal coverage of vitamin A supplementation, reaching more than 90 per cent of children under the age of five with two doses annually.

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June 21, 2010

Zinc pilot program in Guatemala ready for scale up

It's early morning at the Santa Cruz Health Centre in Alta Verapaz department of Guatemala and the waiting room buzzes with the voices of children, their caregivers and staff.

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June 21, 2010

Using zinc to save children’s lives in an emergency setting in India

In October 2008, large parts of the Indian state of Bihar were ravaged by floods due to a breach in the embankments of the Kosi river, affecting more than 4 million people.

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