Global Affairs Canada - Nutrition International

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.

Field Stories

November 25, 2013

Seeking treatment for diarrhoea closer to home in Senegal

This DS-DOM pilot project is just one part of the larger ZACH project in Senegal, which is accelerating the use and awareness of this effective zinc treatment.

Field Stories

July 4, 2013

MI and Partners Launch “Linda Afya ya mama na Mtoto” in Mumias District of Kenya

MI is working in partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, AMREF, PRONTO and the University of Nairobi to improve maternal and newborn health and nutrition.

Field Stories

June 26, 2013

MI’s biggest zinc program is reducing diarrhoea-related deaths in India

Renu Kumari is an ASHA, an Accredited Social Health Activist volunteer, and is part of a major movement to save lives throughout Bihar, India.

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.

Field Stories

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.

Field Stories

January 21, 2013

School girl turns mentor for out-of-school girls to help reduce anaemia levels in India

Nikhat Praveen is now a role model and peer guide to out-of-school girls in her village on iron and folic acid supplementation to help address anaemia.

Field Stories

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.

Field Stories

November 18, 2012

India District administrators' innovativeness channels efforts to reduce adolescent anaemia

In 2010, the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls in Chhattisgarh was at 85 percent among school-going girls and 89 percent among out-of-school girls.

Field Stories

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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"Want your child healthy and smart? Just consume iodized salt!" Indonesia

Seeking treatment for diarrhoea closer to home in Senegal

MI and Partners Launch “Linda Afya ya mama na Mtoto” in Mumias District of Kenya

MI’s biggest zinc program is reducing diarrhoea-related deaths in India

Souleymane the Senegalese salt-repreneur

Harmonizing salt iodization levels in West Africa

School girl turns mentor for out-of-school girls to help reduce anaemia levels in India

Maternal and Newborn Health and Nutrition Project: Nurturing Pregnant Women and their Babies in Afar

India District administrators' innovativeness channels efforts to reduce adolescent anaemia

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