Exploration phase to build an MMS enabling environment
The Ministry of Health is working with several nutrition partners, including Sight and Life and Vitamin Angels, to explore the introduction of MMS in Brazil, where nearly one in five babies are born small and vulnerable—either preterm, small for gestational age, or low birthweight.[1] In 2015, Sight and Life led a supply readiness assessment to understand the local manufacturing base and identify and test the potential for local production. Vitamin Angels initiated a supply context assessment in 2021 to further inform the introduction, implementation, and scale-up of MMS in Brazil
[1] The Lancet Regional Health – Americas (2021). Risk of mortality for small newborns in Brazil, 2011-2018: A national birth cohort study of 17.6 million records from routine register-based linked data