Nutrition International, known until a rename as the Micronutrient Initiative, is a Canadian-based international nonprofit agency, founded in 1992, that works to eliminate vitamin and mineral deficiencies in developing countries. Headquartered in Ottawa, it addresses the more than two billion people worldwide identified as living with such deficiencies through nutritional interventions and partnerships targeting problems such as vitamin A and iodine deficiency.
Facts
Program StatusActive, renamed from the Micronutrient Initiative to Nutrition International in 2017 1 Sponsoring BodyNutrition International, formerly the Micronutrient Initiative, with funding support from the Government of Canada 1 Target PopulationWomen, adolescent girls and children in developing countries affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies 1 Health GoalTo eliminate vitamin and mineral deficiencies in developing countries, with a stated goal of improving the nutritional status of one billion people, especially women, adolescent girls and children, by 2030 1 Geographic ScopeHeadquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, working in more than 60 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas 1 Measured ResultsSince 1997, with funding support from the Government of Canada, has provided more than eight billion doses of vitamin A for use by UNICEF and national governments 1 Program status (class) Classification
Program Kind Connections
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Micronutrient Initiative
Wikipedia- Micronutrient Initiative article, founding section
- Micronutrient Initiative article, headquarters section
Micronutrient Initiative article, mission statement
works to eliminate vitamin and mineral deficiencies in developing countries
Micronutrient Initiative article, vitamin A distribution figures
Since 1997, with funding support from the Government of Canada, Nutrition International has provided more than eight billion doses of vitamin A for use by UNICEF and national governments.
- Micronutrient Initiative article, 2017 rename
- Micronutrient Initiative article, funding support
Micronutrient Initiative article, deficiency prevalence statement
Globally, more than two billion people live with vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
Program classification, entity description sentence
Nutrition International, known until a rename as the Micronutrient Initiative, is a Canadian-based international nonprofit agency, founded in 1992, that works to eliminate vitamin and mineral deficiencies in developing countries.
View the Source 2. Nutrition International (organization) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia 'Nutrition International (organization)': present-tense description of current work; checked 2026-09-27.View the Source Nutrition International: Who We Are Page
Nutrition InternationalWho We Are page, 2030 goal statementQuote, Who We Are page, 2030 goal statement
improving the nutritional status of one billion people, especially women, adolescent girls and children, by 2030.
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