Refine Your Search

Refine your keyword search to narrow your results.

More Countries in Asia
More Countries in Africa
More Countries in Americas

Subjects
Micronutrients

Learning Resource Types
Clear Filters

Asia

363  in ‘Asia’.

Events

December 4, 2015

Address by MI President and CEO Joel Spicer at launch of Ek Sahi Shuruat in India

MI President and CEO Joel Spicer launches major MI initiative, Ek Sahi Shuraut, to improving the lives of over 17 million women, adolescent girls and children in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Arrow pointing right

Field Stories

November 16, 2015

Saving lives through better diarrhoea treatment: accomplishments in Bihar and Chhattisgarh

Since 2009, MI has been working in two of India’s high-burden states, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, to ensure that children suffering from diarrhoea get treated with zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS).

Arrow pointing right

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.

Arrow pointing right

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.

Arrow pointing right

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.

Arrow pointing right

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”.

Arrow pointing right

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.

Arrow pointing right

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.

Arrow pointing right

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.

Arrow pointing right

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.

Arrow pointing right