Field Story 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 Story February 15, 2012 Reaching the hard-to-reach in Bangladesh with vitamin A While vitamin A coverage is high in Bangladesh, in many areas with over 90 per cent coverage with two doses, some children are still being missed.
Field Story February 15, 2012 Laxmi salt: adding wisdom to a simple staple in India On a busy street in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India, Jagdish Keshaubhi Prajapati is running his chakki (salt crushing machine) at Laxmi Salt.
Field Story 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 Story August 29, 2011 Strengthening the salt industry in Bangladesh: MI and BSCIC When salt iodization was introduced in the early nineties and made mandatory in Bangladesh, it was a natural fit to make BSCIC the focal point for iodization efforts.
Field Story August 5, 2011 Child Health Weeks in Haiti: bringing essential health services to those in need Over the first two weeks in July, trained health workers fanned out across Haiti to provide families, especially those with young children, with preventive health services.
Field Story June 15, 2011 Reducing micronutrient deficiencies by training global Food Fortification Consultants The Micronutrient Initiative and the International Agriculture Centre organized the first Food Fortification Technical Experts' Training Course in Wageningen, Netherlands in March 2002.
Field Story June 15, 2011 GIS: improving health & lives in Pakistan by monitoring iodized salt Imagine a tool that could help significantly reduce preventable brain damage, caused by a lack of iodine in the diet, by monitoring the quality of iodized salt produced.
Field Story May 26, 2011 Answering the call for Chispitas in Bolivia To lessen the chance of stock-outs of Chispitas, the name of the multiple micronutrient powder (MMNP) used in Bolivia, and other health products, MI undertook a cell phone pilot project in Santa Cruz.
Field Story May 5, 2011 Changing lives by awarding the Punjab’s Best Iodized Salt Processors Safwan Hashmi proudly accepted the 2010 Best Salt Processor of the Year Award, on behalf of National Foods Limited, at the annual awards ceremony to recognize the Punjab's best salt processors,
