The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN): a decade of partnerships to increase access to and affordability of nutritious foods for the poor

Food Nutr Bull. 2012 Dec;33(4 Suppl):S373-80. doi: 10.1177/15648265120334S313.

Abstract

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) was established in 2002 with a mandate to galvanize efforts by the public and private sectors to end malnutrition. GAIN launched its first large-scale fortification program in 2003, and in less than a decade has scaled its operations to reach more than 600 million people with nutritionally enhanced food. GAIN has evolved considerably as an organization, expanding beyond large-scale food fortification into new program areas, focusing on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition and improvements in agricultural practices to enhance nutrition. This paper describes GAIN's evolution from a large-scale food fortification program focus to a broader nutrition program portfolio directed toward improving access and affordability of nutritious foods for the poor. As GAIN enters its second decade, it continues to respond to the challenges of a changing nutrition landscape by introducing new programs and novel partnerships and by refining its innovative program delivery models.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Developing Countries
  • Food Supply
  • Food, Fortified*
  • Government Programs / economics
  • Humans
  • International Cooperation*
  • Malnutrition / prevention & control
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Nutritional Status*
  • Poverty
  • Program Development*
  • Public-Private Sector Partnerships