Nutrition International
Food being sprinkled with Chispitas
Chispitas, now called MacroVital, is a multiple micronutrient powder used in Guatemala to help prevent micronutrient deficiencies, including iron deficiency anemia. Each sachet contains a powdered mix of vitamin A, vitamin C, folic acid, iron, and zinc which is sprinkled on to a child’s first foods to improve his or her nutritional intake.
In 2007, the Micronutrient Initiative, with funding from the Izumi Foundation, provided more than 20,000 children in three districts of Alta Verapaz with Chispitas. The success of this pilot project has provided the impetus and leveraged Government of Guatemala resources needed for wider scale-up. The project was expanded to the rest of the province in 2008. Resources from development and cooperation agencies and government departments are mobilized for national scale-up which began in 2009.
Food being sprinkled with Chispitas
Chispitas, now called MacroVital, is a multiple micronutrient powder used in Guatemala to help prevent micronutrient deficiencies, including iron deficiency anemia. Each sachet contains a powdered mix of vitamin A, vitamin C, folic acid, iron, and zinc which is sprinkled on to a child’s first foods to improve his or her nutritional intake.
In 2007, the Micronutrient Initiative, with funding from the Izumi Foundation, provided more than 20,000 children in three districts of Alta Verapaz with Chispitas. The success of this pilot project has provided the impetus and leveraged Government of Guatemala resources needed for wider scale-up. The project was expanded to the rest of the province in 2008. Resources from development and cooperation agencies and government departments are mobilized for national scale-up which began in 2009.