Events May 18, 2016 Right Start Initiative to scale-up nutrition for 100 million women and girls Right Start Initiative launched by MI to improve access to nutrition for 100 million women and girls worldwide.
Blog Posts April 28, 2016 How quantitative rapid test kits will support efforts to reduce iodine deficiency disorders Learn what our expert found out after reviewing five portable kits that test salt iodization levels while in the field.
Blog Posts March 7, 2016 Unlocking the potential of one billion women and girls Roughly one billion women and girls worldwide -- almost 30 times the population of Canada -- suffer from malnutrition.
Field Stories February 3, 2016 Agnes’ story: a champion for safer births in Kenya MI and its partners are working to reduce the risks of pregnancy and delivery in Kakamega County, Kenya, through a community-to-facility linkage program.
Blog Posts January 8, 2016 The power of the multisectoral approach What makes PINKK so unique compared to other nutrition projects is above all its multisectoral approach.
Blog Posts December 23, 2015 Can Canada create a lighthouse effect for women and girls? Canada has been and remains a lighthouse in the fight to end malnutrition. We need to create a Lighthouse Effect for women and girls if we really want to see change. It is within our power to do so.
Blog Posts November 26, 2015 Focused Action: The key to change Three focused actions will help our efforts to improve the nutritional status of women and children.
Field Stories November 16, 2015 Saving lives through better diarrhoea treatment: accomplishments in Bihar and Chhattisgarh Since 2009, MI has been working in two of India’s high-burden states, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, to ensure that children suffering from diarrhoea get treated with zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS).
Blog Posts November 12, 2015 Improving health care for pregnant women through Birth Companions Training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in simple outreach work can save the lives of pregnant women.
Field Stories November 3, 2015 Helping to deliver healthy pregnancies and babies in Kenya Alexina is a 22 year old pregnant woman from the Bumanyi village in Kakamega, a county in Kenya with some of the worst maternal and newborn health indicators.