About GAIN

Investing in Partnerships to Fight Malnutrition

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), headquartered in Geneva, is an alliance driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. GAIN's mission is to reduce malnutrition through food fortification and other sustainable strategies aimed at improving the health and nutrition of populations at risk.

GAIN mobilizes public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver healthier foods and supplements to vulnerable populations. Innovative partnership projects in 26 countries reach over 200 million people with fortified foods. More than half of these individuals are women and children. GAIN's Nutrition Program aims to reach one billion people.

GAIN was created in 2002 at a Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children and became a Swiss foundation in 2003.

GAIN receives funding from a number of organizations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).