Field Stories July 6, 2015 Ethiopia: Access to zinc and ORS help families fight diarrhoea For Fatuma and her neighbours, having zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS) in the community could be life-saving.
Field Stories June 29, 2015 Mentorship program builds capacity by supporting Pharmacy student in Ethiopia Esete Zewge, a pharmacy graduate student at the Addis Ababa University School of Pharmacy, wants to help solve this problem through her focus on the logistics of distributing critical medications.
Blog Posts June 25, 2015 Maternal and child nutrition: What about men? We urge all who work in global health to recognize the important role of men and fathers and address the need for more inclusive maternal and child health policies and programs that engage men.
Events June 18, 2015 Address by MI President Joel Spicer at Girl Power in Play Symposium, Ottawa Hi, I am Joel Spicer and I’m the President of the Micronutrient Initiative, a global nutrition organization with its headquarters right here in Canada. I’m happy to be here with all of you at this Girl Power in Play Summit.
Events June 17, 2015 MI at Girl Power in Play to link nutrition, sports and girls’ health The Micronutrient Initiative is proud to participate in the Girl Power in Play symposium, June 18-19 in Ottawa, bringing nutrition onto the playing field to help girls and women reach their full potential in sports and in life. The two-day symposium brings together decision makers, program leaders, sports stars, researchers, and donor partners to advance the issue of girls' involvement in sport as a critical component of their health, development, and wellbeing.
Blog Posts June 11, 2015 Program success is a blend of research and on-the-ground experience I have always wondered why micronutrient deficiencies, or other global nutrition problems, have been so difficult to eradicate when the right motivation and plentiful resources to do so are available.
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 May 28, 2015 Scaling up leadership: What links Senegal, Germany and Ethiopia in the global fight against malnutrition? There's something exciting happening in global health and development that has the potential to impact millions of the poorest people in the world: the acceleration of global leadership on nutrition.
Field Stories May 25, 2015 “I am converted”: Birthing access to safer deliveries in Kenya Irene Omurunga was reluctant to give up her role as a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in Mumias West, Kakamega County in Kenya.
