High-Level meeting: “West African leaders’ commitment to fight malnutrition”
Final Call for applications for the GAIN Business Award for Innovation in Nutrition
World Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 August draws attention to the urgent need to promote and support breastfeeding to give every child the best possible start in life. Empowering mothers to breastfeed can save millions of lives and give millions of children a healthier future.
Action contre la Faim, Care -France and GAIN - the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition call on the G8 for increased investments to deal with increasing hunger and malnutrition as the result of the global food crisis.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and the International Business Leaders Forum invite applications of companies for the new GAIN Business Award for Innovation in Nutrition.
The Copenhagen Consensus 2008 lists the provision of micronutrients to 80% of 140 million malnourished children in developing countries as the best development investment.
Fund to establish a nutrition safety net for children and women who are most vulnerable to malnutrition, when rising food prices will lead to more death and disability.
Aswan, Egypt (GAIN/WFP) - The fortification of Egyptian flour, used in the production of widely-consumed baladi bread, with iron and folic acid has been launched at Aswan, Egypt.
Cooking oil with added vitamin A and wheat flour fortified with iron and folic acid will reach 14.4 million people
