Mighty Nutrients Coalition Policy Brief - Preventing Micronutrient Deficiencies Worldwide
Micronutrient deficiencies (also known as hidden hunger) are a significant public health problem globally. Pre-pandemic estimates found 1 in 2 children and 2 in 3 women suffering from a micronutrient deficiency. Levels of deficiency are likely to be even higher today given the protracted global food crisis arising from the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
WHA76 Side Event - Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences through safe and effective food fortification
Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland
The WHA resolution on safe and effective food fortification has united the health policy, disability rights, and nutrition sectors behind an effort to prevent micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
Fortifying our Future - Coming together to support the World Health Assembly Resolution on Food Fortification
Online Webinar, Global
This resolution is particularly timely given rising levels of hunger and malnutrition resulting from the current global food crisis. Join the global #futurefortified community on Tuesday 4 April for a webinar to learn more about this important global initiative and what you can do to support it.
Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference
- The Hague, The Netherlands
The Micronutrient Forum’s 6th Global Conference will be a hybrid event held on October 16-20, 2023, with a robust virtual program and in-person component at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands – a locus of international law and justice and well suited for a gathering centered on the human right to good nutrition.
Rice fortification - cost benefit analysis
Malnutrition (hidden hunger) which means deficiencies of vitamins and minerals poses severe health and economic threat to Nigeria. It remains one of the leading causes of mortality among children under five and pregnant and nursing mothers in Nigeria.
Towards the adoption of rice fortification in Nigeria
As part of critical knowledge generation to inform policy development and stakeholder alignment on the prospects for rice fortification in Nigeria, a detailed landscape analysis of Nigeria's rice sector was undertaken along with a technical feasibility assessment of the opportunities and viability of rice fortification in Nigeria.
GAIN Premix Facility
Today, more than 125 countries have mandatory food fortification programmes. Food fortification requires a "premix" – a mixture of vitamins and minerals – that can then be added to various staple products.
1 in 2 worldwide face hidden hunger
1 in 2 people reading this article are likely experiencing hidden hunger, in other words a lack of essential vitamins and minerals. That matters because these "micronutrients" are the micro drivers of functions such as our immune systems which keep us safe and healthy.