Introducing double fortified salt in social safety net programmes in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in India: Success factors, challenges and lessons learned.

ABSTRACT: Double fortified salt (DFS; with iron and iodine) was introduced in social safety net programmes (SSNPs) in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Gujarat states in 2018. Nutrition International (NI) provided critical support for the intervention. An impact evaluation in MP found high DFS uptake, exceeding 90%. Conduct a process evaluation of the DFS programmes in MP and Gujarat states to identify success factors, challenges, and recommend considerations for scale-up. Twenty-eight qualitative interviews were conducted with NI staff, national and state level government officials, and DFS producers in 2022. Enabling environmental factors included national-level support for food fortification, consensus that anaemia was essential to address, and institutional trust in NI for technical assistance. In program

SUBMITTER: Tsang BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647980 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature