Helen Keller International

Cote Ivoire - Promotion of Fortified Food (Projet Ivoirien de Promotion des Aliments Fortifiés or PIPAF) At the end of five years, all the refined vegetable oil produced in the country will be fortified with vitamin A, and 99.7% of the wheat flour will be fortified with iron and folic acid.

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Launch of the project in Mali

Mali - Doumouni Nafama Cooking Oil Fortification The goal of the project is to fortify with vitamin A a total of 40,000 MT of cottonseed oil a year within three years in order to contribute to the achievement of the goal of the national fortification Program to reduce the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in pregnant and women of child-bearing age to 30 percent by 2007. The assumption is that the Project will provide 7.7 million person-years of coverage.

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