WELCOME | INNOVATION | HIGHLIGHTS 2007 | HIGHLIGHTS 2006 | 01 FIGHTING
MALNUTRITION | MEASURING OUR PERFORMANCE | 02 BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS |
NEW PARTNERS AND INNOVATIONS | 03 ENABLING INNOVATION | 04 IMPROVE NUTRITION
| FORTIFICATION PROGRAMS | 05 FINANCIAL STATEMENT | INCOME STATEMENT AS
AT 06.30.07 | BALANCE SHEET AS AT 06.30.07 | GAIN BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
GAIN MANAGEMENT
TARGET 1: COST PER DALY GAINED: LESS THAN US$ 15
Our primary target is to reduce the number of years that are lost in a population because of death and illness caused by malnutrition – this is a measure known as ‘Disability Adjusted Life Year’ or DALY. We aim to add one healthy year to a person’s life at a cost lower than US$ 15, but our current estimates are that it will be between US$ 19.50 and US$ 37 when our current projects are at full-scale. This means we need to work harder and better to find novel cost-effective ways to tackle malnutrition in those places where it is most widespread; we have already started new initiatives to do just that.
TARGET 2: REDUCTION IN DEFICIENCY PREVALENCE: MORE THAN 30%
Data from two nearly-completed projects demonstrate that we are on track to decrease the prevalence of deficiencies by 30% or more. Sentinel site data in China show a 1/3 decrease in anemia in areas where iron-fortified soy sauce has been introduced, whilst spina bifida decreased by 40% in four provinces of South Africa following the introduction of folic acid fortification.
TARGET 3: REACH * : 1 BILLION PEOPLE;
TARGET 4: COVERAGE * OF TARGET GROUPS: MORE THAN 500 MILLION PEOPLE
Our current data projects that, when all our programs are at full scale, we will reach 612 million individuals, 335 million of whom are our target groups, especially children and young women who are most vulnerable to malnutrition. To achieve our goals to positively affect one billion people and 500 million people in vulnerable groups, we are working on new projects to reach the remaining 388 million individuals and 165 million vulnerable people over the next two years. We are, for instance, designing innovative large-scale projects in Kazakhstan and India; preparing a series of new initiatives aimed at infants and young children; and planning to strengthen salt iodization in 13 priority countries.
TARGET 5: COST PER TARGET INDIVIDUAL: LESS THAN US$ 0.25
We currently estimate that, on average, our current fortification efforts cost GAIN US$ 0.30 per person. This figure is expected to drop to US$ 0.16 and US$ 0.13, respectively three and five years after the inception of individual projects.
TARGET 6: RAISE MORE THAN US$ 50 MILLION FROM DONOR AGENCIES AND LEVERAGE MORE THAN US$ 700 MILLION IN PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
Our target to capture additional investments from donor agencies of US$ 50 million has already been achieved: by this year, they have invested US$ 70.5 million. The commitment of the private sector stands at US$ 360 million, which we hope to increase for instance through our work to improve infant and young child nutrition in partnership with the private sector.
* Reach: the number of individuals consuming fortified foods
* Coverage: the number of individuals in target groups most at-risk of vitamin
and mineral deficiencies (e.g. women of reproductive age and children) who are
consuming fortified foods
