- 01/01/2011
Millions of families worldwide face inadequate access to diverse and nutritious foods. This brief presents GAIN’s Multinutrient Supplements Initiative (MSI) in Kenya, showcasing the success stories of delivering fortified foods and nutrient supplement to vulnerable families throughout the country.
- 01/05/2014
This document details the nutritional guidelines for GAIN-supported projects for infants and young children. GAIN supports companies and agencies in the development, production and marketing of these three types of products to improve the nutritional status of older infants and young children in several developing countries.
- 26/02/2015
This presentation is an overview of GAIN's Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) programme, which aims to improve availability and accessibility of affordable nutritious infant foods through innovative and new delivery models. It presents the three models of delivery (public, fully commercial and social business), a map of its 23 projects in 17 countries and six lessons derived from IYCN's operations.
- 01/04/2014
This report presents the potential contribution of market-based solutions to improve the quality of nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life. It discusses the successes and failures of best practice organisations that successfully sell nutritious complementary foods and supplements for infants in developing countries.
- 01/01/2016
This paper forms the third part of a series of three papers exploring the enabling environment, business models, and behaviour change components of GAIN’s Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition portfolio. This paper identifies needs and explore ways to improve access to good quality complementary foods in the context of the promotion of optimal infant and young child feeding and care practices.
- 01/02/2015
This paper examines lessons learned on how to drive consumer awareness, and to ensure uptake and compliant use of product solutions in the context of the Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition programmes.
- 01/02/2015
This paper examines lessons on business models for improved access of product-based options to improve complementary feeding, through market-based or public service delivery.
- 01/01/2016
This report presents findings from a formative research and design case study carried out to explore infant and young child feeding behaviour in the region, and to understand its underlying motivations.