Advocacy Tools
Replicating Parts, not the Whole, to Scale – Stanford Social Innovation Review
Fortifying foods: four lessons for micronutrient distribution
A very Canadian way to solve a world problem – CBC News
A Child’s Daily Nutrition within a Small Sachet GAIN
Easier than taking vitamins – NY Times
Control of Anemia: The Time to Act is Now
What to mix with children’s ‘lugaw’?
The Challenge of Meeting Nutrient Needs of Infants and Young Children during the Period of Complementary Feeding: An Evolutionary Perspective
The Hungry and Forgotten – The Economist
Sustaining home fortification with MNP – Lesotho Actions
Sustaining home fortification with MNP – Kenya Actions
Sustaining home fortification with MNP – Burundi Actions
Sustaining home fortification with MNP – Zimbabwe Actions
Sustaining home fortification with MNP – Rwanda Actions
Sustaining home fortification with MNP – Mozambique Actions
Sustaining home fortification with MNP – Madagascar Actions
Evidence on Home Fortification Products
Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age
Home fortification of complementary foods with micronutrient supplements is well accepted and has positive effects on infant iron status in Ghana
Selling Sprinkles micronutrient powder reduces anemia, iron deficiency, and vitamin A deficiency in young children in Western Kenya: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Effects of a large-scale micronutrient powder and young child feeding education program on the micronutrient status of children 6-24 months of age in the Kyrgyz Republic
Delivering Sprinkles Plus through the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) to reduce anemia in pre-school children in India
Effect of iron fortification on malaria incidence in infants and young children in Ghana: a randomized trial
Economic gains of a home fortification program: evaluation of “Sprinkles” from the provider’s perspective
Bioavailability of iron from micro-encapsulated iron sprinkle supplement
Determination of iron absorption from intrinsically labeled microencapsulated ferrous fumarate (sprinkles) in infants with different iron and hematologic status by using a dual-stable-isotope method
Controlling iron deficiency anemia through the use of home-fortified complementary foods
Preventive small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements reduce severe wasting and severe stunting among young children: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Use of lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) to improve the nutrient adequacy of general food distribution rations for vulnerable sub‐groups in emergency settings
Prenatal food supplementation fortified with multiple micronutrients increases birth length: a randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso
Supplementary feeding with fortified spread among moderately underweight 6-18-month-old rural Malawian children
Iterative design, implementation and evaluation of a supplemental feeding program for underweight children ages 6-59 months in Western Uganda
Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: a cluster randomized trial
Postintervention growth of Malawian children who received 12-mo dietary complementation with a lipid-based nutrient supplement or maize-soy flour
Complementary feeding with fortified spread and incidence of severe stunting in 6- to 18-month-old rural Malawians
An energy-dense complementary food is associated with a modest increase in weight gain when compared with a fortified porridge in Malawian children aged 6-18 months
Randomized comparison of 3 types of micronutrient supplements for home fortification of complementary foods in Ghana: effects on growth and motor development
Guidance
Interpretation of the World Malaria Report Country Profile
Iron supplementation in malaria endemic areas: Key messages for developing training materials for health workers implementing micronutrient powders (MNP) in malaria endemic areas
Technical Considerations on the Provision of Micronutrient Powders (MNP) in Malaria Endemic Regions – FAQs
Technical Brief on the Use of Home Fortification with Micronutrient Powders Containing Iron in Malaria Endemic Regions
Sight & Life supplement distributed at ICN 2013
Planning for program implementation of home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP): a step-by-step manual
HF-TAG A Manual for Developing and Implementing Monitoring Systems for Home Fortification Interventions
HF-TAG Micronutrient Powder Program Guidance Brief
Orientación programatica sobre el uso de micronutrientes en polvo (MNP) para la fortificacion casera – Español
Overview of Micronutrient Powder (MNPs) / Vita Mix (VM) Philippines Nutrition Cluster
Dealing with diarrhoea in children in refugee, emergency and development situations in the context of micronutrient powder use
MNP and the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
Guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child
Guiding principles for feeding non-breastfed children 6-24 months of age
WHO guideline: use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods consumed by infants and young children aged 6–23 months and children aged 2–12 years
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices Part 3 Country profiles
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices Part 2 Measurement
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices Part 1 Definitions
Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients
Human energy requirements FAO Food and Nutrition Technical Report Series
Vitamin and mineral requirements in human nutrition
Reports
Como prevenir a anemia e outras deficiências de nutrientes na infância – Portugues
Como prevenir la anemia y otras deficiencias de nutrientes en la infancia – Español
How to prevent anemia and micronutrient deficiencies in childhood
Full Report – R4D Report on Delivery of Micronutrients to Millions of Children Worldwide
Executive Summary — R4D Report on Delivery of Micronutrients to Millions of Children Worldwide
Micronutrient Powder Use and Outcomes in Refugee Camps in Nepal
Micronutrient Powder (MixMe™) Program for Under-fives and Pregnant and Lactating Women Affected by Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
Business Innovation Facility – Commercial Home Fortification Products – Bangladesh Political Economy Mapping
2011 MNP global assessment data
Formative assessment to design the packaging of a lipid-based nutrient supplement for a home fortification program to improve the nutritional status of young children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Rang-Din Nutrition Study: Assessment of Participant Adherence to Lipid-Based Nutrient and Iron-Folic Acid Supplements among Pregnant and Lactating Women in the Context of a Study on the Effectiveness of Supplements in Bangladesh
2011 Global Assessment Data on LNS
Resources Developed by HF-TAG
Sight & Life supplement distributed at ICN 2013
Planning for program implementation of home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP): a step-by-step manual
HF-TAG A Manual for Developing and Implementing Monitoring Systems for Home Fortification Interventions
HF-TAG Micronutrient Powder Program Guidance Brief
Orientación programatica sobre el uso de micronutrientes en polvo (MNP) para la fortificacion casera – Español
Les poudres de micronutriments ajoutées à la liste des médicaments essentiels pour enfants de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé
MNP added to the WHO essential medicines list for children
Global Assessment of Home Fortification Interventions 2011
Technical Considerations on the Provision of Micronutrient Powders (MNP) in Malaria Endemic Regions – FAQs
Technical Brief on the Use of Home Fortification with Micronutrient Powders Containing Iron in Malaria Endemic Regions
Toolkit
Afghanistan 2014 MNP – Sachet Packaging
Afghanistan 2014 MNP – Box Packaging
Madagascar MNP for school feeding Bo Fanjaka – Box Packaging
Madagascar MNP for school feeding Bo Fanjaka – Box Packaging (English Translation)
Kenya MNP donation Herbalife DSM – Box Packaging
Kenya MNP MixMe – Sachet Packaging
