What is Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)?

Aug. 6, 2024

A recent report by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) calls for nutrition investments in the agri-food sector, which it argues, can reduce gender inequalities, increase productivity, and enhance business resilience.

About Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN):

It is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition.
Working with governments, businesses, and civil society, GAIN aims at making healthier food choices more affordable, more available, and more desirable.
GAIN’s purpose is to improve nutrition outcomes by improving the consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially the most vulnerable.
It mobilizes public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver nutritious foods to those people most at risk of malnutrition.
The organization also supports improved maternal and infant health by promoting breastfeeding and specialised products for infants over six months and young children.
In addition, they partner with local businesses to improve the quality of food along agricultural value chains.
GAIN-supported nutrition programs are reaching an estimated 667 million vulnerable people in more than 30 countries.