Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
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    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.

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      Our programmatic work directly impacts over a billion people worldwide and drives the policy changes we advocate with partners. These programmes aim to transform food systems, ensuring sustainable, healthier diets for everyone especially those most at risk of malnutrition and vulnerability.

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      • Food Fortification
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      • Enhancing Value Chains for Underconsumed Foods
        • Explore Enhancing Value Chains for Underconsumed Foods
      • Shifting Demand
        • EatSafe
        • Consumer demand generation
        • Food Culture Alliance
        • Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) Project
      • Enhancing Nutrition with Data & Evidence
        • Food Systems Countdown Initiative
        • Mainstreaming Nutrition: Improving the Impact of IFAD Investments on Diet Quality
        • Global Diet Quality Project
        • Food Systems Dashboard
        • Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)
        • Exemplars of Food Systems Transformation
    • Cross Cutting Themes

      Cross Cutting Themes

      Cross-cutting themes are co-benefits of work that we do with the primary aim of healthier diets for all.

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      • Environment
      • Food Safety
      • Gender
      • Youth
      • Food System Resilience
      • Reaching the Very Poor
    • Key Projects

      Key Projects

      Driving innovative solutions to improve nutrition and build healthier, more resilient food systems.

      Key Projects

      • A1: Transforming Food Systems To Improve Diet Quality and Resilience For The Most Vulnerable
      • Nourishing Food Pathways
      • CASCADE (CAtalyzing Strengthened policy aCtion for heAlthy Diets and resiliencE)
      • Large-Scale Food Fortification
      • DELIVER Nigeria
  • Impact

    Impact

    Impact

    Explore how GAIN has reached over one billion people since 2001, transforming their lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.

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    Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. To support work in those countries, we have representative offices in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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My hopes for the UN Food Systems Summit+2 “Stocktaking Moment”

My hopes for the UN Food Systems Summit+2 “Stocktaking Moment”

Recently I was on panel chaired by the UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohamed, where I was asked three questions about the UN’s “Stocktaking Moment” two years after the UN Food Systems Summit of 2021 (UNFSS). Here are my answers to the questions.
GAIN Working Paper Series 35 - Assessment of the Scale Up of Emotional Demonstrations in Indonesia

GAIN Working Paper Series 35 - Assessment of the Scale Up of Emotional Demonstrations in Indonesia

- 05/07/2023

The objective of this paper is to describe the initial scaling-up phase of the 'Baduta' programme (Baduta 2), which aimed to support national stunting-reduction efforts in Indonesia through emotional demonstrations (‘emo demos’), reflecting on the challenges faced and ensuing lessons learned, following the promising results of the 2017 evaluation of the programme.
Innovative Financing - Creative New Ways to Fund Improved Nutrition

Innovative Financing - Creative New Ways to Fund Improved Nutrition

Good nutrition has a hugely positive impact on health and other social goals, like educational attainment and work productivity – but the sector remains under-financed relative to its potential. How can we change this?
Dietquality.org: launch of website providing new data and tools to enable diet quality monitoring globally

Dietquality.org: launch of website providing new data and tools to enable diet quality monitoring globally

Gallup, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), today launched the Global Diet Quality Project’s website, dietquality.org, releasing data from 56 countries alongside ready to use tools for diet data collection and analysis.
Partnerships for systemic change - Practical approaches in food systems

Partnerships for systemic change - Practical approaches in food systems

22 June 2023Online, Global

On 22 June 2023 (Thursday, 9.00 to 10.30 AM EST/2.00 to 3.30 PM BST) Nutrition Connect and IFSS Portal, and Glocolearning, will host a 90-minute virtual workshop to highlight the central role of partnerships in ushering systemic change, by exemplifying practical approaches in food systems. 
Climate and nutrition are inexorably linked and need joined-up action

Climate and nutrition are inexorably linked and need joined-up action

Until recently, action taken to address climate change and malnutrition were two entirely separate conversations, with two eco-systems that did not interact. That is no longer sustainable. We cannot properly address climate change without addressing nutrition and vice versa. 
GAIN Interview Cruncher - Harnessing the impact of enterprise support reaching Low-Income consumers

GAIN Interview Cruncher - Harnessing the impact of enterprise support reaching Low-Income consumers

This Interview Cruncher will highlight what needs to be done to harness the impact of enterprise support in reaching low-income consumers with healthy diets.
GAIN Discussion Paper Series 14 - Innovative Finance for Nutrition

GAIN Discussion Paper Series 14 - Innovative Finance for Nutrition

- 08/06/2023

Malnutrition is a major public health problem, for which global development assistance current falls far short of needs. As such, it is important to consider non-traditional sources and mechanisms to increase the funding available to support nutrition, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where the burden is highest.
Dietquality.org: New Data and Tools for 50+ Countries Unveiled

Dietquality.org: New Data and Tools for 50+ Countries Unveiled

14 June 2023Global

Learn about the newly available diet quality data for 56 countries and access country-specific data collection tools on Dietquality.org. The website offers interactive features, ready-to-use survey modules, and an indicator calculator for analysing data. Join the webinar to explore these tools and engage in discussions.
In the pursuit of improved nutrition, food safety is a non-negotiable

In the pursuit of improved nutrition, food safety is a non-negotiable

GAIN’s mission is to improve the consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially those most vulnerable to malnutrition. As a nutrition organisation, we understand food safety to be a core component of our mission and our ability to achieve healthier diets. Safe food is essential for food security and nutrition, and it affects everything from what consumers eat, to their livelihoods, and their families’ health.

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