Paving the way to improved nutrition with fortified school meals for students in Tanzania

Around 130’000 school children in Tanzania are benefiting from eating fortified nutrient-dense meals through an initiative led by the Global Alliance of Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to help address the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in the countryWith a population of 64 million, Tanzania suffers from high rates of micronutrient deficiencies with one-third of children deficient in iron and vitamin A. Lack in such micronutrients for teenagers and young adults could impair their growth, learning capacity and development, and put them at risk of non-communicable diseases with consequential impact in later life.

Steps Toward Progress Micronutrients – GAIN supports Ethiopian Government in Accessing premix Input

When the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) approved policies making the fortification of wheat flour and edible oil mandatory in Ethiopia in June 2022, the country took a leap in its decade old battle to employ fortification as a means of increasing consumption of micronutrients. The GAIN Large Scale Food fortification Programme aims to provide populations with the basic #micronutrients, also known as vitamins and minerals, that they need for brain, physical and healthy development. In line with this, in Ethiopia, GAIN is working with government and the private sector to move forward the mandatory fortification of wheat flour and edible oil.

Unmasking Hidden Hunger - How School Feeding Programmes Change Lives

Imagine a classroom filled with eager young minds, ready to embrace the world's opportunities. Now, picture these same children and adolescents, their potential stifled not by lack of ambition, but by an invisible adversary – hidden hunger. 

5th International Congress Hidden Hunger: Improving Food and Nutrition Security through School Feeding

04 September 2023- 06 September 2023Stuttgart, Germany

The goal of the congress is to present the entire breadth of the topic of daycare and school catering on an international level and to shed light on measures for the nutritional security of children. The further development of effective care and catering programs will be the subject of lectures, panel discussions and workshops.

Mighty Nutrients Coalition Policy Brief - Preventing Micronutrient Deficiencies Worldwide

- 21/04/2023

Micronutrient deficiencies (also known as hidden hunger) are a significant public health problem globally. Pre-pandemic estimates found 1 in 2 children and 2 in 3 women suffering from a micronutrient deficiency. Levels of deficiency are likely to be even higher today given the protracted global food crisis arising from the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

WHA76 Side Event - Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences through safe and effective food fortification

23 May 2023Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland

The WHA resolution on safe and effective food fortification has united the health policy, disability rights, and nutrition sectors behind an effort to prevent micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects.

Fortifying our Future - Coming together to support the World Health Assembly Resolution on Food Fortification

04 April 2023Online Webinar, Global

This resolution is particularly timely given rising levels of hunger and malnutrition resulting from the current global food crisis. Join the global #futurefortified community on Tuesday 4 April for a webinar to learn more about this important global initiative and what you can do to support it. 

Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference

16 October 2023- 20 October 2023The Hague, The Netherlands

The Micronutrient Forum’s 6th Global Conference will be a hybrid event held on October 16-20, 2023, with a robust virtual program and in-person component at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands – a locus of international law and justice and well suited for a gathering centered on the human right to good nutrition.

Rice fortification - cost benefit analysis

- 26/10/2022

Malnutrition (hidden hunger) which means deficiencies of vitamins and minerals poses severe health and economic threat to Nigeria. It remains one of the leading causes of mortality among children under five and pregnant and nursing mothers in Nigeria.