Micronutrients

You’ve heard of microfinance, microcredit and possibly even micropayments; but have you heard of micronutrients?

Micro nutrients is the concept of providing key nutrients to mothers and children at times in their lives when they most need it.

The Micronutrient Initiative is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that the worlds most vulnerable get the vitamins and minerals they need to survive and thrive.

They develop, implement and monitor sustainable solutions that provide vitamins and minerals to what they refer to as “hidden hunger“. Hidden hunger refers to those who are typically malnourished caused by poor diet, with UNICEF saying that “Vitamin and mineral deficiency is the source of the most massive ‘hidden hunger ’ and malnutrition in the world today”.

Read more about the Micro Initiative’s Toolkit, called “Vitamin A in Child Health Weeks: A toolkit for Planning Implementing and Monitoring”.


Mike.