Essential nutrients, including vitamin A and multivitamins, are part of a foundational strategy to address nutritional gaps and help break the cycle of poverty by improving health, educational achievement and economic productivity. The World Bank and UNICEF recognize the critical role that good nutrient status plays in meeting development goals across the spectrum, including maternal and child health, HIV/AIDs, education, and gender equity. For more information click here.

Supplementation is also an extremely cost-efficient solution that economists estimate yields a 1:17 cost to benefit ratio.

In addition, Vitamin Angels is actively developing projects that use innovative distribution systems, such as market-based systems, that allow local businesses and non-profit organizations to facilitate self-sustaining processes for the procurement and distribution of essential nutrients to deficient populations.