About
About
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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Malnutrition
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GAIN Nordic Partnership
Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx)
Act4Food Act4Change
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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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Stories of Impact
Programmes
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Food Fortification
Large-Scale Food Fortification
Nutrient Enriched Crops
Thriving Nutrition Enterprise
Nutrition Investing
Nutrition Impact at Scale
Nutrition Enterprise Development
SUN Business Network
Empowering Food Systems Actors
Food Systems Governance
Children and Young People
Social Protection
Workforce Nutrition
Enabling Coherent Food Systems Policies
Nourishing Food Pathways
CASCADE (CAtalyzing Strengthened policy aCtion for heAlthy Diets and resiliencE)
Enhancing Value Chains for Underconsumed Foods
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DELIVER Nigeria
Shifting Demand
EatSafe
Consumer demand generation
Food Culture Alliance
Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) Project
Enhancing Nutrition with Data & Evidence
Food Systems Countdown Initiative
Global Diet Quality Project
Food Systems Dashboard
Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)
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Reaching the Very Poor
Nourishing Food Pathways
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Countries
Countries
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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India
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Kenya
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Pakistan
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United Kingdom
United States of America
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Switzerland

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Valerie Friesen

Research Advisor, Knowledge Leadership, GAIN

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