May 16, 2020 Latin America and Caribbean: Wheat Flour Industry and Flour Fortification Situation Assessment This document provides a summary of the different aspects of the wheat flour industry in Latin America and Caribbean.
May 16, 2020 Latin America and Caribbean Region Food Industry Assessment For each country and sub-region, this report details the production, trade, consumption and regulatory environments of six fortifiable foods
May 16, 2020 Large-Scale Food Fortification: An Overview of Trends and Challenges in Low-and Middle-Income Countries in 2017 This report from the Micronutrient Forum is an overview of the state of large-scale food fortification in the world.
May 14, 2020 Knowledge Brief – Laboratory capacity building for folate assessment to strengthen NTD prevention This brief demonstrates the importance of building the capacity of laboratories globally to conduct a harmonized assessment of folate status to compare results across laboratories and countries
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.
May 11, 2020 Evaluating the Vitamin A Supplementation Programme in northern Ghana: Has it contributed to improved child survival? The present case study evaluates the effectiveness of Ghana’s National Vitamin A Programme
May 11, 2020 Engaging with Gender Focal Points in Government and Women’s Organizations Locally work in gender mainstreaming, promoting gender equality, and girls’ and women’s empowerment through health and nutrition programs
May 11, 2020 Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Men have many roles in society: as fathers, partners, brothers, teachers, health care providers and leaders.
May 11, 2020 Design and implementation of a health systems strengthening approach to improve health and nutrition of pregnant women and newborns in Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, and Senegal This paper aimed to describe the rationale and methods considered by Nutrition International when implementing demonstration Community-Based Maternal and Neonatal Health and Nutrition projects in four
May 11, 2020 Copenhagen Consensus 2008 – Best Practice Paper: Micronutrient Supplements for Child Survival (Vitamin A and Zinc) group of world‐renowned economists ranked micronutrient supplements (specifically high‐dose vitamin A, and therapeutic zinc supplements for children with diarrhea) as the top international development