The Nutrition of the Department of Health issued a Tender for a national survey with the aim of establishing baseline information on the predisposition of people to food fortification as well as establishing selected blood micronutrient values in children aged 1 – 9 years and women of child bearing age. This report summarises the key findings of this national survey.
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Shakti+ pilot. The main objective of the evaluation was to assess the likelihood that Shakti+ activities contributed to the two primary outcomes that the programme implementers aimed to achieve, specifically, the use of Knorr1 iron-fortified bouillon cubes in cooking and the addition of green leafy vegetables to soups and stews.
The BADUTA Programme's objective was to reduce childhood stunting in the East Java province in Indonesia. This report presents findings from baseline and endline cross-sectional surveys conducted as part of an impact evaluation of the BADUTA Programme.
This report presents the results of a process evaluation that was conducted to measure the process and achievement of pathways to improve the implementation of Baduta program in improving the nutrition of children and pregnant mothers.
The Uganda Food Consumption Survey was undertaken to provide the critical body of evidence that policy makers and program designers need to make informed decisions about effective investments to reduce deficiencies of vitamins and minerals in Uganda.
This report reviews laws and policies covering the fortification of wheat flour in the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan, and also the fortification of edible oil in the latter two countries.
This assessment of the wheat flour milling industry in Tajikistan looks at the current picture of the flour produced and sold in the country and the existing fortification provisions, identifies gaps and challenges in the milling industry in relation to future fortification efforts, and presents recommendations to enact and implement legislation to enhance flour fortification and therefore the nutritional standards of the population.
Although Bangladesh has made important progress over the last two decades in the area of undernutrition, micronutrient malnutrition still poses a significant public health threat. To increase coverage in hard to reach areas and provide a more regularised supply of vitamin A to the general population, the Government of Bangladesh endorsed a national programme to fortify edible oil with vitamin A.
This program, launched in Afghanistan, aims to increase the availability and access to fortified wheat flour, fortified edible oil and iodised salt by strengthening the regulations and enforcement environment for fortified foods as well as to initiate monitoring of these products at the consumption level.
Micronutrient deficiencies, especially iron deficiency anaemia, are a public health problem in Egypt, where the prevalence of anaemia reaches about 40%. As a baseline for the fortification project, a field survey was conducted with the objective of assessing iron deficiency anaemia status, and dietary iron and bread consumption among the Egyptian population.
