Field Stories October 15, 2015 “Zinc and ORS saved my child’s life” A training session for frontline health workers is underway in Shivpuri, a quiet village in the Kishanpur block of Supaul district in Bihar, India.
Field Stories September 29, 2015 Shobha’s story: How her daughter was helped by the local ASHA Shobha Devi, a homemaker in the Salkhua village of Saharsa district in Bihar, India, is busy cleaning the house, her one-year-old daughter, Shrishti, is comfortably perched on her hip.
Field Stories September 15, 2015 Innovation in the supply chain of zinc and ORS, in Bihar, India Making sure essential drugs and services reach people who need it and when they need it is a challenge, especially in the eastern state of Bihar, India, where resources are limited.
Blog Posts August 20, 2015 Is there more than one window of opportunity to improve children’s nutrition? In the past decade or so, people who work to improve the nutrition of women and children have focused on the “1000 day window of opportunity”.
Blog Posts June 4, 2015 New focus on reducing anaemia in adolescent girls Recently, the World Health Assembly set out new global nutrition targets. One such ambitious goal is to see a 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age by 2025.
Blog Posts May 29, 2015 Better births in Bangladesh When women receive daily iron and folic acid (IFA) supplements as early as possible during pregnancy for at least 90 days, it can help reduce anaemia and provide newborns a better chance at life.
Blog Posts February 23, 2015 Battling malnutrition in Pakistan Last World Food Day reminded us of the number of children the world loses due to malnutrition each year. Malnutrition especially affects the poorest of the poor who cannot afford nutritious food.
Blog Posts November 12, 2014 Anaemia epidemic: we are neglecting adolescent girls' nutrition As we approach the deadline for the 2015 Millennium Development Goals I am concerned that we are not doing enough to reach a critical demographic: adolescent girls, particularly with good nutrition.
Field Stories October 1, 2014 MI’s approach to treating childhood diarrhoea in India: awareness, treatment and supply Vibha Bharti hopes the thousands of women who visit her health centre about 20 kilometres outside the village of Ghatkusumbha in the Bihar state get to her before the rainy season.
Field Stories November 27, 2013 "Want your child healthy and smart? Just consume iodized salt!" Indonesia Adding iodine to salt provides protection from brain damage due to iodine deficiency for whole populations.