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Message from Executive Director Saskia Osendarp
Coming in 2023 Forum’s 6th Global Conference – Nutrition for Resilience (N4R) The role of adequate nutritional status is neglected in research and development agendas …
The Micronutrient Forum’s Commitments at Tokyo’s Nutrition for Growth Summit
Micronutrient malnutrition is silent and invisible. Its impacts, on the other hand, are not. Micronutrient malnutrition has serious consequences, contributing to poor health outcomes, increasing …
New Study on Benefits of Fortified Food Supplement Sachets for Young Children
Findings from a new study from researchers, Dewey et al., at the University of California, Davis, based on an analysis combining data from 14 trials, …
Call to Action: Zinc Fortification by IZiNCG
IZiNCG Steering Committee along with Food Fortification Initiative (FFI), GAIN, and Nutrition Internation has released the Call to Action on Zinc Fortification. This document provides …
A Milestone: MMS Now on WHO’s Essential Medicine List
Multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) have now been included in the World Health Organization (WHO) model Essential Medicines List (EML) as an antenatal supplement for pregnant …
Listen to a NEW Walk Talk Listen Podcast Episode
On September 29, 2021, Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director of the Micronutrient Forum, sat down with Maurice Bloem of Walk Talk Listen podcast and discussed topics …
Watch Dr. Saskia Osendarp’s Interview on Bloomberg News
In a Bloomberg QuickTake “Charge” Show that aired on 29 July 2021, Dr. Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director, Micronutrient Forum, shared the latest findings from …
Read Our Latest Research in Nature Food Journal
The economic crisis and food and health system disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to exacerbate undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The …
🎧 New Podcast from The Lancet Voice Discussing the Impacts of COVID-19
On July 1, 2021, The Lancet Voice released a new podcast discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the world’s malnutrition problem with Saskia Osendarp, Micronutrient Forum’s …
Global Nutrition Report Announces New Independent Expert Group Members and Nutrition Accountability Framework
The Global Nutrition Report (GNR), the world’s leading independent assessment of the state of global nutrition, has selected the Micronutrient Forum’s Executive Director Saskia Osendarp …
