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Terms of Reference (ToR) Organization Background: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) began its journey in 2002 through Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children with the vision of a world without malnutrition. GAIN’s purpose is to advance nutrition outcomes by improving the consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially those most vulnerable to malnutrition. In particular, GAIN aims to improve the consumption of safe and nutritious foods for at a minimum of 1 billion people over the next five years and target major improvements to food systems, resulting in more diverse and healthier diets for vulnerable people in countries where we work. GAIN has begun to work with food businesses to increase their ability to improve consumers’ access to nutritious foods. Instead of contributing to the nutrition problem, food systems need to become a bigger part of the nutrition solution. GAIN has adopted three interlinked strategic objectives: 1. to improve the demand for safe, nutritious foods, 2. to increase the availability and affordability of safe, nutritious foods, and 3. to strengthen the enabling environment to improve the consumption of safe, nutritious foods on all this strategic objective include food system and private sector engagement. GAIN’s work is organized into program areas that include not only large-scale food fortification but also appropriate diets for women and young children, workplace nutrition initiatives, technical and financial assistance to help small and medium-sized businesses deliver more healthy foods at a lower price, initiatives to reduce spoilage and loss of nutritious food during storage and transportation, programs to promote healthy food choices among children, adolescents, women, and other vulnerable population. GAIN has a proven record of facilitating practical solutions that increase the safety and nutritional value of foods in ways that work for consumers, businesses, and governments. For more inquiries, please visit: https://www.gainhealth.org/ |
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