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The Knowledge Hub brings together existing knowledge, guidance, tools, and other useful resources related to women’s nutrition, maternal nutrition, and evidence-based interventions targeting women, such as prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS).

The Knowledge Hub is a dynamic, publicly accessible repository. It will be expanded and further improved over time, and we ask for your help in this. Please share any resources that you believe should be included in this Knowledge Hub, and send them to [email protected].

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  • Knowledge Bytes
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Implementation
  • Case study
Dr. Minaud Dacius and Dr. Joseline Marhone-Pierre October 2021

Knowledge Byte 7: Country Experiences from Haiti – MMS Blended Approach

This video is about using the blended approach to implementing multiple micronutrient supplementation in Haiti.

  • Knowledge Bytes
  • Global
  • Policy and policy development
  • Guidance document
Dr. Jennifer Busch-Hallen October 2021

Knowledge Byte 6: Cost-Benefit Toolkit for MMS

This presentation is about the cost-benefit toolkit for multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) developed by Nutrition International.

  • Knowledge Bytes
  • Global
  • Supply and manufacturing
  • Implementation tool
Kalpana Beesabathuni

Knowledge Byte 5: MMS Supply Readiness Assessment Tool

This presentation is about the supply readiness assessment tool for multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS).

  • Knowledge Bytes
  • Global
  • Supply and manufacturing
  • Guidance document
Dr. John Atwater and Dr. Clayton Ajello October 2021

Knowledge Byte 4: UNIMMAP Open Access Specifications

This presentation is about the UNIMMAP Open Access Specifications for the MMS formulation.

  • Knowledge Bytes
  • Global
  • Policy and policy development
  • Guidance document
Nita Dalmiya October 2021

Knowledge Byte 3: WHO Recommendations on MMS in the Context of COVID-19

This presentation explains the recommendations by the World Health Organization for the use of multiple micronutrient supplements in the context of COVID -19.

  • Knowledge Bytes
  • Global
  • Research
  • Guidance document
HMHB Consortium Rebecca A. Heidkamp and Emily R. Smith September 2021

Knowledge Byte 2: The Science Behind Maternal Nutrition and MMS

This presentation is a dialogue between two experts in maternal nutrition about the science behind maternal nutrition and multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) during pregnancy. The video is taken from the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies launch webinar, held on 10 March 2021.

  • Knowledge Bytes
  • Global
  • Research
  • Guidance document
Robert E. Black September 2021

Knowledge Byte 1: Scientific Evidence on MMS

This presentation provides an overview of the scientific evidence on multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS).

  • Global
  • Policy and policy development
  • Guidance document
WFP, UNICEF, GTM, Global Nutrition Cluster

Protecting Maternal Diets and Nutrition Services and Practices in the Context of COVID-19

 This brief provides interim programmatic guidance on actions to protect the diets and nutrition services and practices of pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers during the mitigation phase of the COVID-19 response. Disseminating this guidance and documenting emerging evidence and lessons learned will be key to implementing the most appropriate and effective responses in the face of this pandemic. 

  • South Asia
  • Research
  • Case study
Lucy Widasari

Preconception Studies in Indonesia

This is a comprehensive presentation on research studies on preconception care in Indonesia to improve maternal and newborn health with a special focus on the benefits of multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) on maternal and newborn health outcomes compared to iron-folic acid (IFA).

  • Global
  • Advocacy
  • Guidance document
Micronutrient Forum April 2020

Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation-Webinar Slides

The presentation provides a brief introduction to multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS), its efficacy, use during COVID-19, and global commitments to scale up MMS.