2024 FFI Publications

Articles and stories published in 2024 by FFI staff that build the evidence base for food fortification 

Research Publications  

1. 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.  
2. 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.   
3. 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).  
4. 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. 
5. 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. 
6. 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 

1. Food Fortification Initiative. “Corn Masa in the US: Supply Chain, Market, and Fortification”. FFI: Atlanta, USA, 2024. 
2. Food Fortification Initiative. “Corn Masa Market Assessment: Products and Fortification”. FFI: Atlanta, USA, 2024.  
3. Food Fortification Initiative. Kingdom of Eswatini Food Fortification Landscape Analysis Report. FFI: Kampala, Uganda, 2024. 
4. Food Fortification Initiative. Kingdom of Lesotho: Food Fortification Status Assessment Mission Report. FFI: Kampala, Uganda, 2024. 

Communication Materials 

1. “Global Food Fortification Advocacy Toolkit”. GAIN: Geneva, Switzerland. (2024).  
2. Food Fortification Initiative. “Communications Toolkit: Advocating for Healthier Communities and Folic Acid Fortified Corn Masa”. FFI: Atlanta, USA. (2024).