- 01/01/2016
This policy brief summarises key results from a study designed to identify potential interventions to improve nutrition in infants and young children in Vihiga County, Kenya. The study was commissioned to provide information necessary for the design of appropriate high-impact nutrition interventions in Vihiga to improve nutritional outcomes at the household level.
- 01/05/2017
This study report presents a costing model that was developed to calculate the total national cost as well as to estimate the probable increment in the retail price of fortifying wheat flour and edible oil produced by large flour mills and edible oil refineries with essential micronutrients, and to determine export price of these products.
- 01/03/2018
In an effort to explore the potential of new food vehicles for large-scale food fortification in West Africa, GAIN took advantage of two FACT surveys conducted in West Africa that measured quality, coverage and/or consumption of mandatorily fortified foods, for exploring the potential of other industry manufactured foods for fortification.
- 01/08/2012
This report summarizes the findings of the end-line survey to assess the impact of the oil and wheat flour fortification programmes in Côte d’Ivoire conducted in households in three communes in Abidjan and the rural area of Bouaflé in October 2010.
- 25/11/2015
This report presents findings from a series of in vivo and in vitro studies to optimize iron fortification of rice in terms of iron bioavailability and sensory acceptability. It has been suggested, that zinc can negatively influence iron absorption.
- 01/01/2013
This report presents the findings of a Large Country-Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LC-LQAS) survey that was conducted to evaluate the current coverage and impact of the national flour fortification programme (NFFP) after five years of implementation of the NFFP. The LC-LQAS method was used to design a sample that was representative nationally and within the programme catchment areas.
- 15/07/2011
This report summarises the findings of the 2010 micronutrient survey conducted in Jordan in March and April 2010. The survey follows an earlier micronutrient survey conducted in 2002, four to five months after the start of a national flour fortification program.
- 01/08/2016
In 2014, a national survey on iodine coverage and utilisation was conducted in Senegal to better understand factors associated with access to adequately iodised salt, and to provide an evidence base from which to plan, monitor and evaluate a revised strategy for achieving optimal iodine nutrition.
The 2013 Senegal Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) survey was the first FACT survey conducted by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. The aim of the survey was to determine whether women of reproductive age and children receive a meaningful contribution of iron and vitamin A from fortified wheat flour and oil, respectively.
The 2015 Nigeria Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) survey is a cross-sectional survey that is representative at the state level in the two states of Kano and Lagos. The purpose of the survey was to assess the coverage and potential contribution of fortified foods to the micronutrient intake of the population.