Support to Nutrition International’s Global Investment Case - 2025 to 2031

Nutrition International (NI) was created by Canada over 30 years ago and has grown into a successful international development institution specializing in women’s adolescents’ and children’s nutrition. This grant valued at up to $360.6 million over 6 years (2025 to 2031) supports the organization’s new $1 billion Investment Case 2025-2031 (IC2). Also it seeks to improve the survival health and well-being of people especially women newborns children and adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries. Fully funded the Investment Case is expected to reach up to 800 million people with nutrition interventions prevent 50 million cases of anemia and save up to 750 000 children’s lives. Support to NI is a critical component of Canada’s leadership role in global nutrition and poverty reduction programming and the delivery of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) priority to improve gender-sensitive nutrition for the poorest and most marginalized. Under IC2 NI aims to: 1) scaling up proven high-impact nutrition interventions and approaches; 2) strengthening the evidence base for new interventions and approaches to scaling up nutrition; and 3) generating more nutrition investment and impact.

The expected outcomes for this initiative include: (1) increased prioritization of the nutrition and health of target populations across diverse social locations in the policies strategies and investments made by national and sub-national governments multilateral institutions donors and other target organizations; (2) enhanced provision of quality accessible available inclusive equitable and respectful nutrition and health services that support the needs of target populations across diverse social locations; and (3) increased agency of target populations across diverse social locations to seek receive and adhere to evidence-based nutrition and health guidance and practices.