Reports and publications

Baseline survey report of an integrated home fortification project in the Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Institute for Education, Health and Development Plc, GroundWork - 01/06/2016

GAIN and its partnerships aimed to improve complementary feeding practices through the delivery of a micronutrient powder and behaviour change communication messages to approximately 71,000 children 6–23 months in Ethiopia’s Amhara region through the public health system. 

Assessment of consumption monitoring systems fortified and nutritious foods in the East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) region

Breinscope Consultants Limited, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - 01/11/2017

This report presents the results of that assessment and proposes a Consumption Monitoring and Surveillance Framework consisting of the various processes, phases, components, and domains that provide an enabling environment for this to happen.

Household coverage with adequately Iodized salt varies greatly between countries and by residence type and socioeconomic status within countries

Jacky Knowles, Greg S. Garrett, Jonathan Gorstein, Roland Kupka, Ruth Situma, Kapil Yadav, Rizwan Yusufali, Chandrakant S. Pandav, Grant J. Aaron, Universal Salt Iodization Coverage Survey Team - 12/04/2017

Household coverage with iodized salt was assessed in 10 countries that implemented Universal Salt Iodization.

Design and implementation of a health system to improve health and nutrition of pregnant women and newborns in Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, and Senegal

Jacqueline K. Kung'u, Banda Ndiaye, Crispin Ndedda, Girma Mamo, Mame Bineta Ndiaye, Richard Pendame, Lynnette M. Neufeld, James Mwitari, Hentsa Haddush Desta, Marietou Diop, Maimouna Doudou, Luz Maria De‐Regil - 01/02/2018

This paper describes the rationale and methods used in setting up a multi‐country study that aimed at designing the key maternal and neonatal health interventions and identifying indicators related to inputs, outcomes, and impact.

Brighter futures: protecting early brain development through salt iodisation

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - 01/03/2018

This report highlights the successes of the global effort to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders as a public health problem. The report was commissioned as part of UNICEF-GAIN Partnership Project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2008 to 2015, to improve iodine nutrition through salt iodisation.

Ethiopia edible oil industry mapping

Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical Industry Development Institute of Ethiopia (FBPIDI), Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - 01/02/2018

This report provides an overview of the edible oil processing sector in Ethiopia. The mapping study focused on the administrative regions of Ethiopia where oil production takes place to provide prioritisation of efforts for further planning, technical assistance, monitoring, and research throughout the forthcoming edible oil fortification programme.