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The following key messages support event amplificaion and advocacy: 

As nutritious foods become less affordable and accessible – particularly for low-income and vulnerable households – diets often shift toward cheaper, calorie-dense but nutrient-poor foods. This increases the risk of micronutrient deficiencies and threatens hard-won progress in health, development, and economic resilience. 

Large-scale food fortification – the addition of essential vitamins and minerals to widely consumed staple foods and condiments like flour, rice, and salt – is one of the most powerful tools available to address micronutrient deficiency at scale.  

Food fortification is an established intervention that is already working to prevent micronutrient deficiencies worldwide. The results are measurable and transformative: recent research found that existing fortification programs prevent billions of nutrient gaps every year. 

In 2023, the World Health Assembly took decisive action to seize the food fortification opportunity: member states passed resolution WHA76.19, a unanimous commitment to accelerate safe and effective food fortification. 

Food fortification continues to gain momentum—and the greatest opportunities lie ahead. 

What we've accomplished since WHA76.19 is transforming lives for millions—but we've only scratched the surface. The breakthrough moment is now, if governments, industry, development partners, and civil society contribute their part and act together. 

Pregnancy creates nutritional demands that food alone cannot always meet—especially for women who are undernourished, anemic, or living in food-insecure settings. During this critical window, micronutrient deficiencies increase the risk of anemia, maternal death, stillbirth, low birthweight, and impaired child development. Prenatal multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) are one of the most powerful tools available to address these heightened nutritional demands at scale.

MMS delivers essential nutrition when it matters most. High-quality prenatal multiple micronutrient supplements (specifically the UNIMMAP formulation) provide pregnant women with 15 essential vitamins and minerals—including iron and folic acid—in a single daily tablet.

• MMS fits seamlessly into existing antenatal care, strengthening quality of care without creating new delivery systems. 

The evidence and returns are extraordinary. More than 25 years of rigorous research demonstrate that MMS is effective, safe, cost-effective, and affordable.  

MMS momentum is accelerating globally. Over 30 countries have adopted or are transitioning to MMS as the standard for antenatal care. The MMS Ministerial Declaration is catalyzing national commitment, and the UNICEF-led Child Nutrition Fund is supporting eligible governments to scale MMS through an innovative match mechanism.

The breakthrough moment is now. What we've accomplished with MMS adoption and scale to date is transformative, but we've only begun to tap its potential. Integrating MMS into national antenatal care protocols, strengthening supply chain capacity, and leveraging existing funding mechanisms would dramatically expand access and impact. 

The path forward requires political will, strategic prioritization, and coordinated action. Three essential actions: 

Micronutrient deficiency is solvable. What is required now is political will. We must work collectively to transform MMS commitments into sustained implementation by governments, with support from development partners and civil society.