Improve access to fortification quality data for decision making at the country and global level through digitization
Better nutrition through fortification
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
| Targeted location | Multi-country - Focus countries: Bangladesh, India, Nigeria |
| Targeted population | No population group is targeted |
| Primary indicator | Cross-sector Digital QAQC System established in 2 countries to track and trace fortification quality across the value chain, government and producer participation, specific improvements in national fortification monitoring and producer compliance |
| Primary indicator baseline | No digital systems for fortification quality data exist in the focus countries |
| Primary indicator target | 2 fortification quality digital systems implemented in at least 2 countries |
| Duration | January, 2022 - December, 2025 |
Goal action plan
GAIN will increase access to data on fortification quality for decision making by:
Developing a Cross-Sector Digital QAQC Data System for government, industry, and others along the fortification value chain
Developing and providing a trusted, secure data system architecture to visualize production data in real-time for product optimization and monitoring
Automating and incentivizing collection of fortification data at the premix supply, production, and external monitoring levels
Improving compliance with existing fortification programmes and providing technical support to industry
Providing technical support to government and access to consistent high quality data to improve monitoring and enforcement
Nutrition Action Classification
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security
