Field Stories August 31, 2022 From period stigma to peer support How a pilot initiative in Uttar Pradesh is helping adolescent girls take charge of their menstrual health.
News August 23, 2022 Government endorses large scale mandatory food fortification to prevent high burden of neural tube defects in Ethiopia The mandatory fortification of edible oil and wheat flour in Ethiopia will save millions of lives and prevent the country's high burden of neural tube defects.
News August 12, 2022 West Java government and Nutrition International commit to improve adolescents’ nutrition The West Java Government and Nutrition International hosted a record-breaking event of 1.3 million participants consuming weekly iron and folic-acid supplementation (WIFAS) together.
Brief August 5, 2022 Gender Considerations in Project Design This technical briefing note gives an overview of the Gender Coding Scales and Gender Equality Continuum. It is intended as a resource to support with gender mainstreaming when designing new project.
Blog Posts August 5, 2022 Nutrition International’s Martha Nyagaya is appointed to Kenya’s National Committee on Infant and Young Child Nutrition We celebrate our Kenya Country Director's three-year appointment to the National Committee on Infant and Young Child Nutrition and take a look at what the role means.
News August 2, 2022 Increased country-level support for breastfeeding could save the global economy US $1.5 billion every day Insufficient support for breastfeeding costs the global economy billions of dollars in increased child and maternal mortality, cognitive losses and additional healthcare costs.
Blog Posts August 2, 2022 What a lack of breastfeeding support is costing the world A lack of promotion, protection and support for breastfeeding is costing governments around the world more than $570 billion every year.
News July 29, 2022 Zinc Alliance for Child Health celebrates 10 years of life-saving programming The partnership between Teck Resources, Nutrition International and the Government of Canada has helped to increase access to zinc and low-osmolarity oral rehydration salts to treat diarrhoea.
Brief July 28, 2022 The Global Cost of Not Breastfeeding The global brief outlines the key findings from the updated Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool, as well as highlights results for a few selected countries.
July 28, 2022 The Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool Quantifying the country-level health, human capital and economic consequences of not protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding.