Food Fortification Initiative Archives - Nutrition International

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June 7, 2022

Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid

We summarize scientific evidence and make a call to action for a resolution on universal mandatory folic acid fortification to accelerate the pace of spina bifida and anencephaly prevention globally.

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June 9, 2021

Food Fortification with Folic Acid Prevents Spina Bifida and Anencephaly: A Need for Paradigm Shift in Evidence Evaluation for Policy-Making

This publication provides an alternative paradigm to support evidence-based decision making for public health programs.

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April 14, 2021

Staple Food Fortification: A Commitment Guide for the UN Food Systems Summit and Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit

A commitment guide designed by the Global Fortification Technical Advisory Group to guide SMART fortification commitments at the 2021 Food Systems Summit and the Nutrition for Growth Summit.

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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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October 9, 2020

Call to Action: Strengthening large scale food fortification to be part of the COVID-19 response

This brief makes the case for large scale staple food fortification as a critically important tool to fight malnutrition in general, and even more so during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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May 14, 2020

Investing in the future: A united call to action on vitamin and mineral deficiencies

This report reviews how each of these vital micronutrients affect human health.

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Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid

Food Fortification with Folic Acid Prevents Spina Bifida and Anencephaly: A Need for Paradigm Shift in Evidence Evaluation for Policy-Making

Staple Food Fortification: A Commitment Guide for the UN Food Systems Summit and Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit

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

Call to Action: Strengthening large scale food fortification to be part of the COVID-19 response

Investing in the future: A united call to action on vitamin and mineral deficiencies