Field Stories June 23, 2021 Behaviour change communications increase vitamin A uptake during COVID-19 In December 2020, Katsina, Nigeria recorded an increase in VAS coverage from 18% in 2019 to 80%. Find out how.
Field Stories June 16, 2021 Fathers help increase vitamin A coverage in Tanzania A sensitization campaign to overcome male stereotypes and boost vitamin A coverage for children aged 6 to 59 months is seeing results.
News June 1, 2021 Nutrition International to lead vitamin A supplementation catch-up efforts for children in Africa as part of Canada’s response to COVID-19 Our vitamin A catch-up campaign will reach up to 35 million children in Africa with at least two doses missed due to COVID-19 restrictions.
News May 27, 2021 Government of Indonesia and Nutrition International share lessons from adolescent nutrition intervention to prevent anaemia Key results from the MITRA Youth program were shared with government representatives, partners, and academia.
Blog Posts April 16, 2021 You Are What You Eat: Mapping nutrition perceptions in India’s youth A survey among urban Indian youth shows the imperative need for nutrition resiliency.
Field Stories March 31, 2021 Communities support adolescent health amid COVID-19 school closures When schools closed, anaemia prevention for adolescent girls was jeopardized. The need for iron and folic acid supplements can’t wait for the pandemic to pass.
Field Stories March 16, 2021 Game-changing training on the power of zinc to save children’s lives Healthcare workers are trained on the benefits of zinc when treating diarrhoeal diseases in Magura, Bangladesh.
Field Stories March 16, 2021 Tania’s relentless fight against childhood diarrhoea is saving young lives A healthcare provider in rural Bangladesh is successfully treating cases of childhood diarrhoea.
Field Stories March 7, 2021 Preventing anaemia is critical to closing the gender gap. When schools closed, these teachers got creative Around the world, adolescent girls lost access to iron and folic acid tablets that help prevent anaemia when schools closed. Teachers in Indonesia came up with creative solutions.
Field Stories March 4, 2021 Community health volunteer goes door-to-door in support of adolescent girls’ nutrition During the pandemic, a mom and community health volunteer in Kenya became a nutrition education advocate. She didn’t want her daughters, and other girls in her community, to fall behind.