States in India have been scaling up the use of double-fortified salt in an effort to combat iron and iodine deficiencies. In 2018, the governments of both Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh made double-fortified salt available through the public food distribution system. In Tamil Nadu, double-fortified salt has been distributed to school children in their mid-day meals since 2004.
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Governments in India scaling up use of double-fortified salt
Gender and nutrition: Canadian knowledge partnership seeks to close the data gap
A new collaboration between Nutrition International (NI), the University of Toronto and the Campbell Collaboration will strengthen the availability and use of high-quality, gender-sensitive data to improve nutrition for women, young children and adolescent girls in low-income countries.
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Nutrition International, CanWaCH partner with WickFest to get more girls in the game
Hockey players participating in the Canadian Tire Wickenheiser World Female Hockey Festival, or WickFest, had the opportunity to learn about the importance of good nutrition for themselves, and for girls around the world.
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Nutrition International selected as implementing partner to work with The Power of Nutrition
Nutrition International has been selected by The Power of Nutrition as an implementing partner, unlocking the potential for increased investment and scale-up of proven nutrition interventions to improve the nutritional status of children in Africa and Asia.
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Nutrition International supports Government of Tanzania in making adolescent nutrition a priority
Tanzania’s Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children convened the first National Accelerated Action Plan and Investment Agenda for Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Conference in Dodoma from September 8-10. The conference aimed to address the six big issues that the country’s adolescents face: teenage marriage and pregnancy, poor nutrition, school dropout rates, sexual, physical and physiological violence, HIV and AIDS, and a lack of meaningful employment opportunities.
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