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For­tify Health

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Fortify Health is an organization that aims to tackle anaemia and neural tube defects in India through iron fortification of wheat flour.

Funding

As of July 2022, GiveWell has made three incubation grants to Fortify Health for a total of $9.5 million.[1][2][3] These grants were funded by the Global Health and Development Fund and Open Philanthropy.[4][5]

Further reading

Eappen, Brendan (2019) Fortitude, collaboration, and humility: lessons from an EA-aligned charity startup, Effective Altruism Global, June 23.

GiveWell (2022) Fortify Health – Support for expansion (December 2021), GiveWell, April.

External links

Fortify Health. Official website.

Donate to Fortify Health.

Related entries

global health and development | India | micronutrient deficiency

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    GiveWell (2018) Fortify Health — General support, GiveWell, June.

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    GiveWell (2020) Fortify Health — General support (2019), GiveWell, January.

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    Global Health and Development Fund (2019) August 2019: Fortify Health, Effective Altruism Funds, August.

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    Open Philanthropy (2022) Grants database: Fortify Health, Open Philanthropy.

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