GAIN Convening Paper Series 3 - Food systems for children and adolescents

- 10/09/2019

The framework comprises a set of drivers, plus four determinants (food supply chains, external food environments, personal food environments, and behaviours of caregivers, children and adolescents), which together influence the diets of children and adolescents.

GAIN launches new website and brand guidelines

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) launched today a new version of its main website and refreshed brand guidelines. The changes are designed to better communicate its work on transforming food systems to deliver better nutrition for all, especially the most vulnerable to malnutrition.

GAIN Briefing Paper Series 1 - The Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT)

- 24/07/2019

The FACT provides details on how to plan, design, implement, analyse, and report a FACT survey. It was designed to help stakeholders collect, analyse, and synthesise standardised data on quality, coverage, and consumption of fortified foods, and fills a gap in the availability of standardised tools to generate information to understand how well programmes are working and how to improve them. 

GAIN Convening Paper Series 1 - Better nutrition for a healthier workforce

- 03/07/2019

On 3 and 4 July 2019, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) organised a meeting in Geneva to discuss the why, what and how of improving employee nutrition. The meeting was attended by a broad range of stakeholders who are actively involved in Workforce Nutrition programmes. This paper reports on the discussions and outcomes of the workshop.

GAIN Convening Paper Series 2 - Adolescents: agents of change for a well-nourished world

- 12/08/2019

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) organised a consultation in Geneva in June 2018, which brought together more than 80 researchers, practitioners, policymakers and youth organisations, as well as adolescents from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Zambia. This paper reports on the discussions and outcomes of the workshop.

Supporting breastfeeding

This week is World Breastfeeding Week, honouring one of the most effective and cost-effective nutrition interventions around: human breastmilk contains all the nutrients needed for young infants, conveying health benefits for both babies and mothers.

Release of UNICEF-GAIN report on food systems for children and adolescents

In many parts of the world, children and adolescents do not receive the diets they need – in quantity, frequency, and quality – to survive, grow, and develop to their full potential.

Dr Graziano Da Silva: the quiet FAO revolutionary

Last week GAIN awarded the outgoing Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dr Graziano Da Silva, the 2019 Nutrition Inspiration Award. When looking back at Dr Da Silva’s tenure at FAO it is surprising at how revolutionary it has been. Unlike some others in our field, Dr Graziano has grasped that the world of hunger and nutrition is rapidly changing and he has equipped FAO to address those challenges.

Interim summary report: Food systems for children and adolescents - working together to secure nutritious diets

- 05/10/2018

Food systems are essential to delivering healthy, affordable and sustainable diets, but the nutritional needs of children and adolescents are often not prioritised. UNICEF and GAIN co-hosted a global consultation on children, adolescents and food systems in November 2018.

Fortification assessment coverage toolkit (FACT)

- 01/01/2019

The FACT consists of a manual and 10 practical tools and templates that provides standardised methods for the collection, analysis, and synthesis of data on quality, coverage, and consumption of fortified foods across countries while allowing for adaptations to meet specific country needs and contexts.