| Agency |
Scope of Working
Relations |
Geographic Focus
|
Key Achievements
|
| CIDA |
Funds from CIDA for program development
and implementation
Ongoing inputs for program focusing and
results-based management |
Global |
CIDA’s financial support, combined
with its program orientation, has been crucial in defining MI’s strategies
in food fortification and supplementation, particularly vitamin A
supplementation and the development of double and triple fortified salt |
| WHO |
Expansion of flour fortification (with
iron and folic acid) through harmonization of technical guidelines and systems
of monitoring and quality assurance |
Middle East, North Africa |
Initiation of flour fortification in
Egypt, Yemen, Morocco, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria |
| World Food Program |
Development and testing of mobile flour
fortification mills
Social marketing of blended complementary foods in
South Asia |
South Asia, Africa |
Communications plan on complementary
foods in India and Nepal
Fortification of wheat flour for refugees in
Afghanistan |
| UNICEF |
Maintenance and expansion of universal
salt iodization (USI). Leveraging funds and technical expertise from salt
producers |
Global |
Development of multi-sectoral partnerships
around Universal Salt Iodization |
| |
Global advocacy and technical consensus
building |
Global |
The Global Vitamin A Initiative,
technical consensus documents on vitamin A and iron provided clarity for
program design and implementation
Linkages established with WHO on
vitamin A supplementation |
| |
Support to global vitamin A
supplementation programs |
Global |
More than 1.5 billion vitamin A capsules
provided to children in more than 70 countries through national immunization
days, national micronutrient days and regular health service provision |
| US Centers for Disease Control |
Monitoring of micronutrient interventions
(including development of survey protocols and capacity development)
Effectiveness studies |
Middle East, North Africa, Asia |
Support to monitoring components of
MI’s Flour fortification program
Work towards standardization for
iodine monitoring mechanisms |
| INCAP |
Establishment of a monitoring system and
network for fortified foods (sugar, salt, wheat and corn flour) |
Central America |
Guidelines for monitoring strengthened in
4 countries
Lab personnel trained in analytical protocols
Standards for fortified foods reviewed and harmonized across region
National Micronutrient Committees strengthened |
| Asian Development Bank, ILSI |
Regional initiative by the Asian
Development Bank to rapidly expand production and reach of fortified foods in
ADB partner countries |
Asia |
Manila Food Fortification Forum has been
followed up with preparation (by ADB) of country investment plans in 3
countries
MI working with UNICEF Indonesia to expand national food
fortification plan
In Vietnam, MI worked with NIN to insert food
fortification in the 10-year national action plan. National food fortification
office established at NIN |
| Private Sector |
Ongoing activities with national and
multinational food and pharmaceutical companies in sponsoring advocacy and
technical meetings, and operational research |
Global |
MI working with a multi-sectoral
partnership to develop global food fortification coalition (with support from
the Gates Foundation)
MI working with P&G to test fortified
beverage drink through BRAC school network in Bangladesh
MI working
with Dr. Stan Zlotkin and Heinz to test fortified sprinkles formulation through
ICDS in India |
| HKI |
Country program support |
West Africa, Mozambique |
Funding support to HKI and collaborative
work leading to the development and expansion of supplementation and food
fortification programs in West Africa and Mozambique |
