CIFSRF final technical report : scaling up the production and distribution of double fortified salt in India (CIFSRF Phase 2)
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2018-06
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The project addresses the most widespread form of malnutrition in the world: iron deficiency afflicts 2 billion people, principally women and children, causing anemia, reduced energy, damped cognition, and increased maternal mortality. Addressing it constitutes a historic contribution to gender equity. The Food Engineering Group at the University of Toronto (U of T) with support from the Government of Canada through the Micronutrient Initiative (1995 – 2013) developed microencapsulation-based technology to produce iron premix for double-fortified salt (iron and iodine). Between 2015-2018 the project reached an estimated 50+ million people making it arguably one of the world’s largest and fastest growing new development innovations.
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This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Final Technical Report
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FORTIFIED FOODS, SALT, IRON DEFICIENCY, ANEMIA, MICRONUTRIENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA