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Large Indian Food and Dairy Company Commits to Fighting Malnutrition

Large Indian Food and Beverage Company Commits to Fighting Malnutrition

13 January 2012 India


 
 

Q&A with CEO of Dubai Cares

Q & A with Tariq Al Gurg, CEO of Dubai Cares


 

 

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN): Why was Dubai Cares founded and what is its vision?

15 December 2011 Bangladesh


 
 

Sprinkles® Launch in South Africa

One approach to fighting high levels of infant malnutrition is through creating a market for small packets of multinutrient powders, replicating a model that has been successful in Bangladesh, and Kenya.

13 December 2011 South Africa


 
 

Vinita Bali: Top Business Woman and Champion of Malnutrition

Ranked among the Financial Times’ Top 50 Global Business Women, Ms. Vinita Bali, CEO of the large Indian food producer Britannia, exudes business acumen. Beyond bottom lines and profits though lies an engaged social citizen who has made empowering future generations through access to better nutrition a personal cause.

12 December 2011 India


 
 

GAIN Facilitates Collaboration between African Research Institutes to Fight Malnutrition

Research institutes have an important role to play in the fight against malnutrition. 

In Africa, GAIN has brought together the Federal Institute for Industrial Research (FIIRO) in Nigeria and the Centre for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa to partner to do just that. 

12 December 2011 Nigeria


 
 

Partnership to Fortify South Africa’s Future Generations

Interview with Stefan Engels, GAIN’s Regional Manager for Southern Africa

6 December 2011 South Africa


 
 

Simple, Affordable Nutrition Solution to Empower South African Mothers and Their Children

“I think a lot about feeding my family the right foods,” says Linah Mtotoba, a 32-year old single mother of four from Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, South Africa, famous for its struggle against apartheid.

“Nutritious foods like vegetables and meat make them strong, but I simply cannot afford them on a regular basis.”

5 December 2011 South Africa


 
 

Micronutrient-fortified yogurt has positive impact on children in Bangladesh according to preliminary study results*

Between 2008 and 2011, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) funded a study conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to evaluate the impact of fortified yogurt on the nutritional status and cognitive performance of school-aged children in Bangladesh. The yogurt, produced by Grameen Danone Foods, was supplied during one year to school children aged 6 to 9 years in the town of Gabtali in Bogra District, where Grameen Danone Foods has a factory.

28 November 2011 Bangladesh


 
 

Kraft Foods to Use Iodized Salt in Processed Foods

Kraft Foods to Use Iodized Salt in Processed Foods

The decision should improve iodine intake for millions of Egyptians.

23 November 2011 Egypt


 
 

Price of Potassium Iodate Soars

Price of Potassium Iodate Soars

Action Needed to Ensure Smooth Continuation of Global Universal Salt Iodization Programs

11 October 2011 Bangladesh
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