Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition: Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity through Sustainable Food Fortification Programmes in high burden Countries

Child Survival	Hunger Alleviation & Nutrition	Adolescent Reproductive Health	Early Childhood Development	Educational Achievement	Economic Readiness	Care Environment

Goal	Reach over 1 billion people with basic micronutrients to avert 55,000 child deaths and 3,500 maternal deaths within five years.
Approach	Target most vulnerable populations in a manner that requires no beneficiary behaviour change. Integrate private sector commitment and implementation with public sector mandates and oversight to bring high quality fortified products to the market. Increase availability and affordability of staple foods fortified with vitamin A, zinc, iron and folic acid. Create an enabling environment to increase awareness around the benefits of fortification on child development, and to raise the value placed on nutrition on the international and national agendas.
Investment	While CIFF’s current contracted commitment is $4.3 million over the first year of the programme, this commitment is part of a funding framework which will total $50 million over the five years of the programme.
Scope	1.1 billion people across 22 countries with the highest numbers of child deaths and greatest magnitude of morbidity related to micronutrient deficiency.
Countries	Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philipines, Senegal, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vietnam (22 in total).
Partners	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

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