White Paper #4: Strengthening Micronutrient Resilience
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Minding the Micronutrient Data Gap
By Megan Bourassa, PhD, Program Lead for the Micronutrient Data Innovation Alliance, and Dr. Ken Brown, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Department of Nutrition and Institute for Global Nutrition, University of California, Davis The sparsity of data on micronutrient status is a critical limitation in estimating the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies globally. For decades, the nutrition community
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Strong Pandemic Response in India Supported Nutrition Resilience of Vulnerable Communities
By Dr. Shweta Khandelwal, Professor at Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Dr. Cecilia Fabrizio, ST4N Program Lead, and Bregje van Asperen, ST4N Research Associate India experienced three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic with devastating impacts to lives and livelihoods and unprecedented disruptions to schools, health services and food systems that reduced or limited access
Global Food Crisis Inequitable Impact on Women and Girls
Photo by Annie Spratt at Unsplash.com By Dr. Cecilia Fabrizio, ST4N Program Lead and Dr. Anna Kalbarczyk, Assistant Scientist at Johns Hopkins University The Global Food Crisis today is tragically compounding the lasting effects of the pandemic on women and girls’ nutrition. We know that malnutrition is both a cause and effect of gender inequality.
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Dr. Saskia Osendarp’s Opening Remarks on Climate Change at COP27 Event
It was a honor for me to speak virtually at the session “Climate & Nutrition: we can’t have one without the other” organised by the Food and Land Use Coalition and the Global Alliance for improved nutrition during the COP27. I spoke on the growing interdependence between climate change and global nutrition. As a nutrition
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Save the Date – MNF 6th Global Conference
Dear Colleagues and Partners,The Micronutrient Forum is pleased to invite you to our 6th Global Conference, themed Nutrition for Resilience “N4R” – Ensuring Micronutrient Security in an Era of Complex Global Challenges.Following the success of our fully virtual 2020 CONNECTED Conference with over 3,500 participants from around the world, we are pleased to announce the Forum’s 6th Global Conference will be a hybrid event on October
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Time for Hidden Hunger to Come Out of the Shadows
We always knew that vitamin and mineral deficiencies were prevalent. Ever since my university years in the early nineties, the field estimated that globally 2 billion people suffered from vitamin and mineral (micronutrients) deficiencies. A number so high that it was hard to imagine, particularly since the condition can be so invisible. Unlike hunger or
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What’s in a number? Zinc deficiency cut-offs and bringing the micronutrient data community together
By Mari S. Manger, PhD, Christine McDonald, ScD, Megan Bourassa, PhD Adequate intake of zinc, an essential mineral, is critical for proper immune function, reproductive health, and children’s growth and development. Children under 5 years old who do not get enough zinc are at significantly higher risk of diarrhea and other infectious diseases. Today, available
