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February 16, 2021

A new initiative to fight malnutrition in India

Nutrition International is launching a new project to scale up of fortified food distribution through social safety net programs in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

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February 16, 2021

Optimizing India's social safety net programs

Nutrition International is helping state governments in India increase the availability of fortified foods in their social safety net programs (SSNPs), improving access to critical micronutrients.

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January 26, 2021

Reducing the Burden of Anemia and Neural Tube Defects in Low- and Middle-Income Countries An Analysis to Identify Countries with an Immediate Potential to Benefit from Large-Scale Mandatory Fortification of Wheat Flour and Rice

The paper identifies 18 low- and middle-income countries with the highest and most immediate potential for large-scale wheat flour and/or rice fortification.

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January 8, 2021

Cost-effectiveness analyses for the WHO review on multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy: Technical Report

This technical report includes custom cost-effectiveness analyses of MMS for 12 LMIC. It also serves as an additional resource for countries considering MMS in the context of implementation research.

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November 13, 2020

Vitamin A Supplementation

Since 1994, we've been leading the global effort to reduce the death of children under five by making sure that vitamin A supplements are delivered to developing countries around the world.

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October 26, 2020

Annual report 2019-2020

Nutrition International's Annual Report for 2019-2020 with accomplishments from the last fiscal year as well as a look ahead of the year to come.

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October 2, 2020

Protecting breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic

The spread of misinformation is undermining the work of health campaigns and positive nutrition practices adopted over the past decade, including one of the most critical: breastfeeding.

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September 16, 2020

Experienced ASHA becomes advocate for double-fortified salt

Santosh Sukhram promotes the use of double-fortified salt (DFS) to combat anaemia in women and girls and ensure better health for everyone in her village.

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September 9, 2020

Women and girls’ health must be a priority during the COVID-19 pandemic

The life of nearly every citizen in the world has been affected by COVID-19. Yet the long-term consequences of the pandemic will be felt most acutely by women and girls.

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September 3, 2020

Female entrepreneur becomes nutrition champion in her village

In 2018, Anita opened a fair price shop in her village of Kothisodpur, in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India.