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November 27, 2013

"Want your child healthy and smart? Just consume iodized salt!" Indonesia

Adding iodine to salt provides protection from brain damage due to iodine deficiency for whole populations.

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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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July 4, 2013

MI and Partners Launch “Linda Afya ya mama na Mtoto” in Mumias District of Kenya

MI is working in partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, AMREF, PRONTO and the University of Nairobi to improve maternal and newborn health and nutrition.

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June 26, 2013

MI’s biggest zinc program is reducing diarrhoea-related deaths in India

Renu Kumari is an ASHA, an Accredited Social Health Activist volunteer, and is part of a major movement to save lives throughout Bihar, India.

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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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January 28, 2013

Harmonizing salt iodization levels in West Africa

In order to facilitate the regional trade and distribution of iodized salt, MI teamed up with UNICEF to engage the UEMOA Commission in harmonizing the salt iodization levels among its countries.

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January 21, 2013

School girl turns mentor for out-of-school girls to help reduce anaemia levels in India

Nikhat Praveen is now a role model and peer guide to out-of-school girls in her village on iron and folic acid supplementation to help address anaemia.

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November 23, 2012

Dr. Marion Roche: Thinking Inside the Box to Save Children’s Lives in Guatemala

For the next year, Dr. Marion Roche, MI's Technical Advisor for Behaviour Change Communication, will be talking about something most of us don't want to hear about – diarrhoea.

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November 18, 2012

India District administrators' innovativeness channels efforts to reduce adolescent anaemia

In 2010, the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls in Chhattisgarh was at 85 percent among school-going girls and 89 percent among out-of-school girls.

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November 18, 2012

Maternal and Newborn Health and Nutrition Project: Nurturing Pregnant Women and their Babies in Afar

When Halima was pregnant, she was lucky to have had the support of a Health Extension Worker – in this rare case, a male worker who she saw twice during her pregnancy.

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