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Field Stories

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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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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November 6, 2012

Tackling diarrhoea in Senegal with ORS and zinc: a life-saving combination

ZACH is a unique partnership created to develop and sustain diarrhoea treatment programs using zinc supplementation in combination with ORS.

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June 21, 2012

South-to-South mentoring: stepping up salt iodization to improve health in Africa

For three years, the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) has been facilitating the cross-sharing of program experiences between salt processors in Africa to help build and sustain salt iodization.

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February 15, 2012

Transitioning health care delivery in Ethiopia

Genet Kebede knows the staff and volunteers who are gathered at the Kebele Meeting Hall in Welenchity, Boset Woreda, Ethiopia well.

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October 13, 2011

Multi-level advocacy leads to huge breakthroughs in salt iodization in Ethiopia

When H E Hassen Abdulkadir was posted as Ethiopian Ambassador to Senegal, he never expected to become so interested in producing and iodizing salt.

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February 25, 2011

Food fortification in Senegal can increase micronutrient levels

For many years, MI has been working with food producers in Senegal to help them fortify their products - specifically cooking oil and wheat flour - with micronutrients.

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November 19, 2010

Setting the stage for zinc treatment in Nigeria

MI is working to help Nigeria develop effective ways of introducing the use of zinc supplements, as well as oral rehydration, for treating children with diarrhoea.

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October 28, 2010

Combining the right technology and revolving funds to build and sustain salt iodization in Senegal

In 2005, MI shifted its focus to work primarily with small processors where efforts to adequately iodize had been failing.

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