Medicine & Health

Fortification Assessment

Published April 9, 2019 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

The Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) is a modular survey methodology developed by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition to assess population-based (i.e., staple foods and/or condiments) and targeted (e.g., infant and young child) fortification programs. The aim of the toolkit is to facilitate the generation of data for decision-making, with the goal of supporting greater program impact. FACT surveys quantify potential for and real program coverage and fortified food utilization, and the distribution of these across multiple population groups (e.g., by region, economic status, age and sex), and identify barriers and opportunities to improve coverage and utilization of fortified foods. This collection highlights results from FACT surveys and other assessments that generate similar data for program decision-making and improvement.

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Population-based fortification programs
Targeted fortification programs

Population-based fortification programs

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10.1371/journal.pone.0212257

PLOS ONE Household coverage of vitamin A fortification of edible oil in Bangladesh
April 3, 2019 Ramkripa Raghavan, Grant J. Aaron, Baitun Nahar, Jacky Knowles, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Sabuktagin Rahman, Prasenjit Mondal, Tahmeed Ahmed
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10.1371/journal.pone.0201230

PLOS ONE Projected effectiveness of mandatory industrial fortification of wheat flour, milk, and edible oil with multiple micronutrients among Mongolian adults
August 2, 2018 Sabri Bromage, Davaasambuu Ganmaa, Janet Wilson Rich-Edwards, Bernard Rosner, Jorick Bater, Wafaie Wahib Fawzi
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10.1371/journal.pone.0163176

PLOS ONE Household Coverage of Fortified Staple Food Commodities in Rajasthan, India
October 19, 2016 Grant J. Aaron, Prahlad R. Sodani, Rajan Sankar, John Fairhurst, Katja Siling, Ernest Guevarra, Alison Norris, Mark Myatt
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PLOS ONE The Potential of Food Fortification to Add Micronutrients in Young Children and Women of Reproductive Age – Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
July 6, 2016 Fabian Rohner, Magali Leyvraz, Amoin G. Konan, Lasme J. C. E. Esso, James P. Wirth, Augusto Norte, Adiko F. Adiko, Bassirou Bonfoh, Grant J. Aaron
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Rob & Dani

PLOS ONE Coverage of Adequately Iodized Salt Is Suboptimal and Rice Fortification Using Public Distribution Channels Could Reach Low-Income Households: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Anganwadi Center Catchment Areas in Telangana, India
July 22, 2016 James P. Wirth, Magali Leyvraz, Prahlad R. Sodani, Grant J. Aaron, Narottam D. Sharma, Bradley A. Woodruff

Targeted fortification programs

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Grant J. Aaron et al.

PLOS ONE Assessing Program Coverage of Two Approaches to Distributing a Complementary Feeding Supplement to Infants and Young Children in Ghana
October 18, 2016 Grant J. Aaron, Nicholas Strutt, Nathaniel Amoh Boateng, Ernest Guevarra, Katja Siling, Alison Norris, Shibani Ghosh, Mercy Nyamikeh, Antoine Attiogbe, Richard Burns, Esi Foriwa, Yasuhiko Toride, Satoshi Kitamura, Kwaku Tano-Debrah, Daniel Sarpong, Mark Myatt
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10.1371/journal.pone.0160814

PLOS ONE High Coverage and Utilization of Fortified Take-Home Rations among Children 6–35 Months of Age Provided through the Integrated Child Development Services Program: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Telangana, India
October 3, 2016 Magali Leyvraz, James P. Wirth, Bradley A. Woodruff, Rajan Sankar, Prahlad R. Sodani, Narottam D. Sharma, Grant J. Aaron
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Mark Morgan

PLOS ONE High Awareness but Low Coverage of a Locally Produced Fortified Complementary Food in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey
November 8, 2016 Magali Leyvraz, Fabian Rohner, Amoin G. Konan, Lasme J. C. E. Esso, Bradley A. Woodruff, Augusto Norte, Adiko F. Adiko, Bassirou Bonfoh, Grant J. Aaron