Globally, 45 million children suffer from malnutrition, leading to 2.3 million child deaths
annually. But even for those who live, the experience of malnutrition can have lifelong impacts on physical and cognitive health and social-emotional development. There is a consensus on how best to address extreme malnutrition: feeding kids a standard
formula of peanut butter enhanced with vitamins and nutrients alongside basic medical care to prevent or treat infections. This intervention, known as community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), saves lives and improves health and development. What this report seeks to find out is how effective it is at also improving happiness.
Nutrition
Iron deficiency may be a major contributing factor to mental illnesses such as depression. In this shallow exploration, we evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Fortify Health's work to address mass scale iron-deficiency anemia in India. Read the report to discover what effect adding a small amount of iron to wheat flour may have on happiness.