Articles and stories published in 2024 by FFI staff that build the evidence base for food fortification
Research Publications
- Qi, Y. P., Crider, K. S., Williams, A. M., Tripp, K., Mapango, C., Rhodes, E. C., Nyirenda, E., Phiri, F., Zhang, M., Jabbar, S., Pfeiffer, C. M., Pachón, H., Zimmerman, S., & Williams, J. L. . (2024). Folate and vitamin B12 status and predicted neural tube defects risk among nonpregnant women of reproductive age from the Malawi National Micronutrient Survey, 2015-2016. Birth Defects Research, 116(3), e2329.
- Adams, K. P., Vosti, S. A., Tarini, A., Beye, M., Pachón, H., Kiselova, S., & Engle-Stone, R. (2024). The potential contributions of bouillon fortification to meeting micronutrient requirements among women and preschool children in Senegal: A modeling study using household consumption and expenditure survey data. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1537(1), 98–112.
- Wagh, K., Kancherla, V., Dorsey, A., Pachón, H., & Oakley, G. P. (2024). A global update on the status of prevention of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly in year 2022. Birth Defects Research, 116(5).
- Wessells, K. R., Manger, M. S., Tsang, B. L., Brown, K. H., & McDonald, C. M. (2024). Mandatory large-scale food fortification programmes can reduce the estimated prevalence of inadequate zinc intake by up to 50% globally. Nature food, 5(7), 625–637.
- Tsang, B. L., Stadnik, C., Duong, M., Pachón, H., & Martinez, H. (2024). Expanding Fortification with Folic Acid: Thinking Outside the Cereal-Grain Box. Nutrients, 16(9), 1312.
- Tsang, B. L., Deshpande, S., Varghese, M., Jain, S., de Romana, D. L., & Chadha, M. (2024). Introducing double fortified salt in social safety net programmes in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in India: Success factors, challenges and lessons learned. Maternal & child nutrition, e13646. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13646
Technical Country-Level Reports
- Food Fortification Initiative. “Corn Masa in the US: Supply Chain, Market, and Fortification”. FFI: Atlanta, USA, 2024.
- Food Fortification Initiative. “Corn Masa Market Assessment: Products and Fortification”. FFI: Atlanta, USA, 2024.
- Food Fortification Initiative. Kingdom of Eswatini Food Fortification Landscape Analysis Report. FFI: Kampala, Uganda, 2024.
- Food Fortification Initiative. Kingdom of Lesotho: Food Fortification Status Assessment Mission Report. FFI: Kampala, Uganda, 2024.
Communication Materials
- “Global Food Fortification Advocacy Toolkit”. GAIN: Geneva, Switzerland. (2024).
- Food Fortification Initiative. “Communications Toolkit: Advocating for Healthier Communities and Folic Acid Fortified Corn Masa”. FFI: Atlanta, USA. (2024).
