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 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 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.
Field Stories June 21, 2012 South-to-South mentoring: stepping up salt iodization to improve health in Africa For three years, the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) has been facilitating the cross-sharing of program experiences between salt processors in Africa to help build and sustain salt iodization.
Field Stories February 15, 2012 Transitioning health care delivery in Ethiopia Genet Kebede knows the staff and volunteers who are gathered at the Kebele Meeting Hall in Welenchity, Boset Woreda, Ethiopia well.
Field Stories October 13, 2011 Multi-level advocacy leads to huge breakthroughs in salt iodization in Ethiopia When H E Hassen Abdulkadir was posted as Ethiopian Ambassador to Senegal, he never expected to become so interested in producing and iodizing salt.
Field Stories February 25, 2011 Food fortification in Senegal can increase micronutrient levels For many years, MI has been working with food producers in Senegal to help them fortify their products - specifically cooking oil and wheat flour - with micronutrients.
Field Stories November 19, 2010 Setting the stage for zinc treatment in Nigeria MI is working to help Nigeria develop effective ways of introducing the use of zinc supplements, as well as oral rehydration, for treating children with diarrhoea.
Field Stories October 28, 2010 Combining the right technology and revolving funds to build and sustain salt iodization in Senegal In 2005, MI shifted its focus to work primarily with small processors where efforts to adequately iodize had been failing.