Joel Spicer

Joel Spicer

Joel Spicer is the president of the Micronutrient Initiative, a global nutrition organization that reaches 500 million people in more than 70 countries every year. Spicer has a background in public health and have worked previously with UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank.

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Nutrition and health: The opportunity cost of opportunities lost

Nutrition and health: The opportunity cost of opportunities lost

over 11 years ago // #FeedingDev

We all want children to survive, but simply surviving is not enough — they must thrive as well. A Feeding Development guest commentary by Joel Spicer, president of the Micronutrient Initiative, on why access to nutritious food must be "the starting point" of any effective health system.

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