Tanzania National Summit on Food Fortification 2017
- Arusha, Tanzania
This event advocated for policy makers, industries, government agencies, development partners, and interested stakeholders to take the next step towards improving the food fortification programme and its coverage.
WHA70 Side Event – Towards the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency by 2020
Geneva, Switzerland
GAIN, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Iodine Global Network (IGN), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), and Effective Altruism Geneva organize the event ‘Towards the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency by 2020’.
Fortify Our Future
- Almaty, Kazakhstan
The Government of Kazakhstan, USAID, and GAIN co-hosted the first Central Asia regional summit on micronutrient fortification, "Fortify our Future: Regional summit for improving the health of women and children through flour fortification" from 3-4 April in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Consequences of malnutrition in early life and strategies to improve maternal and child diets through targeted fortified products
This supplement brings together papers focusing on the critical 1000 days of human development from pregnancy until 2 years of age.
Lessons learned from national food fortification projects: experiences from Morocco, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam
The objective of this study was to document the achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and management responses associated with national fortification projects in Morocco, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
Large-scale food fortification and biofortification in low- and middle-income countries: a review of programs, trends, challenges, and evidence gaps
The objective of this study was to provide an overview of efficacy, effectiveness, economics of food fortification and biofortification, and status of and challenges faced by large-scale food fortification programs in low- and middle-income countries.
Iron Fortified Complementary Foods
Iron deficiency anemia is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a complementary food fortified with sodium iron EDTA plus either ferrous fumarate or ferric pyrophosphate to combat iron deficiency anemia in preschool-age children in a highly malaria endemic region.
Iodine intake through processed food: case studies from Egypt, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, 2010-2015
This paper reports on case studies supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)-UNICEF USI Partnership Project to investigate processed food industry use of adequately iodised salt in contrasting national contexts.