Nepal
“The Government of Nepal is fully aware of the development challenge posed by malnutrition… It is clear to us that we need to scale up the well proven direct nutrition interventions that can be delivered through the health sector… We must also seize opportunities to enhance the nutrition sensitivity of interventions in other sectors such as agriculture, social protection and education.”
- Dr. Sudha Sharma, Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal, May 2011
State of Nutrition in Nepal:
SUN Activities:
Success Stories:
| Vitamin A Supplementation for Newborns |
| Story by the Micronutrient Initiative |
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At first glance, this photo portrays a simple scene: a mother in Nepal giving something to her day-old child. But what she´s doing may offer a new way to save the lives of newborns around the world. She´s giving her child a dose of vitamin A. Read more… |
| Female Community Health Volunteers Essential to Success of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program |
| Story by the Micronutrient Initiative |
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High in the Himalayan foot hills, Durga Kumari travels through her village of Bagashwari in her green sari. “When husbands see me in this sari, they stop to ask me how their wives are doing and how their babies are doing,” she says. The green sari is the uniform of Nepal´s Female Community Health Volunteers in this Village Development Committee, women who organize mother´s group meetings every month and provide essential health care and health education to women of their respective wards (the smallest administrative unit). Read more… |
| Micronutrient Fortification of Cereal Flours at Water Mills in Rural Nepal |
| Story by the Micronutrient Initiative |
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In 2007, Micronutrient Initiative began working with village millers in rural Nepal to help them add essential vitamins and minerals to the cereal flour they produce. MI developed an innovative flour fortification device for the small traditional watermills in the Lalitpur district of Nepal. The device, which does not require electricity or significant additional workload, automatically adds correct doses of iron, folic acid, and vitamin A to grains being milled and is powered solely by gravity. Read more… |
