9/10/2020
START Reviews Nutrition Recommendations for Pregnant Women
START reviewed the evidence supporting IOM and WHO recommendations on 19 micronutrients for pregnant and lactating women and girls.
START Center Global Program
The START Center Global Program was launched in 2011 with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Initially, the Program was designed to support research and analysis for program teams at the Gates Foundation. Since that time, The START Center Global Program has expanded and now provides high-quality research and analytic support for a number of additional clients.
Global Program Featured Projects
2/9/2024
Food Fortification in Latin America, Phase 2
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned START to aid the Nutrition Program Strategy Team in a scope aimed to deepen understanding of fortification compliance in Costa Rica and Guatemala through key informant interviews, focusing on industry practices, regulatory bodies, coordination, and cooperation. This work, focused on primary research, built on a phase 1 scope that focused on secondary research.
9/13/2021
Vaccination Coverage Data Quality Incentives
The START team conducted a review on published literature, identified a guiding conceptual framework, and interviewed experts from global programs focusing on vaccination projects. START provided an evidence database that lists the different successful interventions for improving vaccination coverage data quality, along with lists of barriers and facilitators.