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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Field Stories

May 25, 2015

“I am converted”: Birthing access to safer deliveries in Kenya

Irene Omurunga was reluctant to give up her role as a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in Mumias West, Kakamega County in Kenya.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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