Nairobi, Kenya
The workshop will present a platform where the delegates will reflect on the progress made, interrogate the strategies and the arrangements for fortification in place and discuss the way forward to promote the full implementation and sustenance of the Food Fortification programme.
Washington DC, United States
On Thursday, 28th June 2018, join us for a roundtable discussion hosted by Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office for North America in collaboration with Global Harvest Initiative (GHI), HarvestPlus and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
- 19/06/2015
The objective of this study was to assess the effects of prenatal home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders on maternal and newborn health.
- 13/08/2018
Nutritional supplements are an important source of complementary food for young children, since they may either complement or substitute nutrients obtained from other food sources.
Beverly Hills, United States
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), GBK, Luxe Nouveau, Chris Isaacson Productions, and Mosaic PR are hosting a Red Carpet Charity Soirée on Thursday, 7 June 2018 to build brighter futures and end malnutrition by 2030!
Brussels, Belgium
The presentations will summarize key factors and global experiences in effective and sustainable implementation of biofortification, flour/rice fortification, and fortified complementary foods, as public health interventions.
- 01/06/2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential contribution of fortification of vegetable oils with vitamin A in Indonesia and Malaysia to increasing vitamin A consumption in these two countries and in countries to which oil is exported.
- 01/10/2015
The aim of this study was to assess oil consumption, vitamin A intake and retinol status before and a year after the fortification of unbranded palm oil with retinyl palmitate.
- 01/09/2012
Fortification of vegetable oil with vitamin A is considered a cost-effective and simple to implement strategy, but the stability of vitamin A remains a limiting factor. The objective of this study was to estimate vitamin A losses in oil with different chemical characteristics.
- 15/12/2012
Despite considerable progress made in the past decade through salt iodization programs, over 2 billion people worldwide still have inadequate iodine intake. This study validates a newly developed device that quantitatively measures the content of potassium iodate in salt in a simple, safe, and rapid way.