July 28, 2022 The Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool Quantifying the country-level health, human capital and economic consequences of not protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding.
News June 13, 2022 Government of Pakistan and Nutrition International launch new implementation research to advance maternal health and nutrition The project's findings will be used to inform the scale-up of multiple micronutrient supplementation across Pakistan.
News June 10, 2022 Government of Odisha and Nutrition International join efforts to eradicate iodine deficiency Nutrition International and the Government of Odisha in India have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve universal salt iodization across the state.
June 7, 2022 Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid We summarize scientific evidence and make a call to action for a resolution on universal mandatory folic acid fortification to accelerate the pace of spina bifida and anencephaly prevention globally.
Field Stories May 6, 2022 Maternal nutrition workshop introduces gender equality module Gender barriers impact a woman’s ability to access health services. A new gender equality training module in Nigeria is sensitizing health workers to change that.
News May 5, 2022 Nutrition International and SickKids research team to develop new data collection tools to identify threats to health and nutrition in emergency situations Successful tools will help to more quickly identify emerging threats to health and nutrition.
Field Stories April 29, 2022 Breaking through barriers: Using legislation to advance food fortification in Balochistan, Pakistan The Technical Director of the Balochistan Food Authority gives his take on the new mandatory food fortification legislation in the province.
News April 21, 2022 African Union and Nutrition International join efforts to end malnutrition in Africa The African Union and Nutrition International have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), toward a shared vision to end hunger, poverty and malnutrition in Africa.
project April 21, 2022 A collaboration to achieve Africa's nutrition targets Nutrition International and the African Union have agreed to work together to advance the shared goal of ending hunger, poverty and malnutrition across the continent.
Brief April 20, 2022 Leveraging the ‘Banking on Nutrition’ partnership initiative in Africa This article describes how an ongoing nutrition-smart programming approach was employed by the African Development Bank and harnessed as part of its COVID-19 response intervention.
