Food fortification is a gift to all mothers

A mother’s first role to her child is nourishment. As a baby grows in the womb, a woman involuntarily yet naturally changes into a feeding chamber; her body giving the fetus’ nutrition preference over her own. Fundamentally, nurturing young ones constitutes a mother’s core responsibility. Yet sometimes, both in utero and after birth, various challenges affect her ability to fulfill this role to a certain level: inadequate knowledge, poverty, food insecurity, war and violence, natural and social environment, cultural beliefs and feeding habits are some of the limitations a mother may face. These same factors have led to a growing concern over micronutrient deficiencies in African countries, with Kenya recording over 10 million of her population suffering from poor nutrition and micro nutrient deficiency.