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New Study Supports the Use of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation in Pregnancy

April 20, 2023

Pregnancy is an exciting time for many women, but it is also a time of increased nutritional needs as the body works to support the growing fetus. Unfortunately, many women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) struggle to meet these needs, leading to micronutrient deficiencies that can have serious consequences for both mother and baby. […]

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Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies Among Women and Girls in Humanitarian Settings

March 28, 2023

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White Paper #2: Women’s Equality and Nutrition

March 21, 2023

Read the White Paper Here Summary: At every stage of life, women have specific nutrition needs that they are often unable to meet owing to long-standing gender inequalities they confront across social, political, and economic domains. As a result, 1.2 billion women of reproductive age globally are estimated to suffer from deficiencies in one or

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Global Food Crisis Inequitable Impact on Women and Girls

December 12, 2022

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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Panel Discussion on New Global Estimates of Micronutrient Deficiencies

October 20, 2022

Panel Discussion English Recording Panel Discussion Spanish Recording Panel Discussion French Recording Panel Discussion Livestream Recording About the Session Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) can lead to devastating health consequences including higher risks for anemia, blindness, cognitive impairments, poor birth outcomes, infections, and mortality. New data in a forthcoming publication in Lancet Global

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HMHB Consortium Launches a New MMS Advocacy Toolkit to Accelerate National Actions and Improve Maternal Nutrition

July 28, 2022

By Lotte Hulsbergen and Martin Mwangi, Ph.D. Today, millions of women in vulnerable contexts worldwide lack access to nutritious diets and essential healthcare services, especially during pregnancy, leading to widespread micronutrient deficiencies which have significant consequences for both mother and child. Poor maternal nutrition can lead to babies being born too small and too soon,

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Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Presents: Women’s Voices

July 18, 2022

Introducing a series of short films that lift up women’s voices in different global contexts. These unique five-minute stories provide an up close view into the lives of mothers during pregnancy and also shows the commitment of community health workers who support them – all told in their own words. The films highlight both the

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COVID-19 and Malnutrition: A Toxic Combination for Women

May 6, 2022

The Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium has released a sobering new policy brief on the ways COVID-19 is disproportionately exacerbating nutrition challenges faced by women and girls around the world. Pandemic lockdowns and containment measures created four compounding crises that continue to adversely impact women and girls’ nutrition: increased poverty, increased food insecurity, reduced access

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A Big Win for Mothers Worldwide

April 28, 2022

The addition of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) by the World Health Organization (WHO) to its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) last October, marked the start of a new era for tackling maternal malnutrition and improving pregnancy outcomes for countless mothers who lack access to nutrient dense diets or proper antenatal health and nutrition

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Let’s Put Women First

March 8, 2022

Celebrating International Women’s Day and One Year of Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium Watch Agurash’s Story: “My wife is a wife of a farmer, so she doesn’t rest”, remarks Agurash’s husband Tesfaye Abate. Agurash, a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy, from Habru, Ethiopia, recounts her unquantifiable roles as a wife, mother, food provider,

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