In an event marking International Development Week, Canada’s Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, announced on Thursday a contribution of $360.6 million over six years (2025-2031) for the Canadian NGO Nutrition International. The funding will help provide life-changing nutrition resources to people in need, with a particular focus in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Each year, Nutrition International’s programming reaches approximately 150 million children with two doses of vitamin A, and 400 million people with iodized salt. Over the past 30 years, with investments from the Government of Canada, Nutrition International has reached over 1 billion people, helped avert 7 million deaths, prevented 15 million cases of anemia among women and girls, prevented 12 million cases of stunting among children, and enabled more than 5 million children to gain an additional year of education.
This announcement of nutrition-specific funding is good news! Read more here.
