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The Micronutrient Forum is pleased to support a proposed WHO World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution introduced by the Government of Colombia that calls on all member states to institute and strengthen large scale food fortification (LSFF) in line with WHO recommendations. This is an important public health nutrition advocacy opportunity to address and prevent micronutrient

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. 

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

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