WITH Institute of Nutrition Improvement About WITH INI

The Journey of WITH INI

Grounded in decades of experience and expertise, WITH INI has advanced research, education, and field practice to understand and address health and nutrition challenges in developing countries.
What began as a small research group has grown into a platform for knowledge and collaboration in international health and nutrition research and professional training.

2021–현재

연구소 재도약, 연구와 교육을 연결하는 플랫폼

2026
    • 06

      Appointed the WITH Advisory Group on International Nutrition and Food Service

    • 03

      Organized an international health and nutrition session at the GEEF 2026, entitled “Climate Crisis and Nutrition Security: Building Resilient Communities”

2025
    • 10

      Established the East Africa Centre for Improvement of Nutrition(EAIN) in Tanzania

    • 03

      Organized an international health and nutrition session at the GEEF 2025, entitled “Better Nutrition for All – Wholistic Health Change for Yellow Window”

2024
    • 10

      Appointed the 4th WITH Advisory Committee
      : 12 members in 6 divisions

    • 01

      2024–2025.01 Establishing an integrated school feeding and nutrition manager training system in partnership with Teofilo Kisanji University(TEKU), Tanzania(NRF-funded)

2023
    • 12

      Published the Mongolia case study for KCOC’s project to identify SDGs outcome cases among development CSOs applying the principles of participation, empowerment, and non-discrimination

2022
    • 01

      2022.05.–2023.01. Conducted research to establish dietary life education environments for primary schools in Tanzania(NRF-funded)

2021
    • 08

      Held the East Africa Swahili-speaking Region Strategy Seminar; published The Caleb Report: Zoom in Swahili

    • 03

      Relaunched as WITH INI

2011–2020

보건영양 프로그램의 현장 적용

2018
    • 08

      Appointed the 1st WITH Advisory Group: 7 members in 4 divisions

    • 01

      2018.01.–2020.12. Child Nutrition and Foodservice Management Improvement Project in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia(KOICA-Funded)

2016
    • 11

      Held the WITH 10th Anniversary Strategy Forum
      (73 Yellow Window countries: 4th Revision)

2011
    • 01

      2011.02.–2016.12. Chronic Disease Prevention and Education for Health and Nutrition Care in Mongolia(KOICA-Funded)

2004–2010

교육과 연구 네트워크의 형성

2009
    • 06

      Held the Balance Seminar
      (67 Yellow Window countries: 3rd Revision)

    • Published Nutrition Action Vol. 1, a health and nutrition research journal

2007
    • 12

      Launched the 1st Nutrition Intervention School(NIS)
      (Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

2006
    • 08

      Held the Hourglass Seminar and published the Caleb Report

2005
    • 09

      Renamed as the Yellow Window Nutrition Improvement Institute

    • 05

      Launched the 1st International Nutrition Activist Training Program(INATP)

    • 01

      Conducted a field survey in the Indochina Peninsula
      (Regions: Vietnam and Laos)

2004
    • 06

      Held the Emergency Seminar
      (78 Yellow Window countries: 2nd Revision)

    • Published the Yellow Window Sourcebook

1999–2003

영양개선 연구의 시작과 Yellow Window 개념 형성

2003
    • 04

      Founded the Yellow Window Nutrition Improvement Research Group

2000
    • 09

      Introduced the Yellow Window concept through analysis of health- and nutrition-vulnerable regions

    • 02

      Established the Mongolia Center for Improvement of Nutrition(MIN)

1999
    • 01

      1999.01.–2000.09. Began activities of the Asia Institute for Nutrition Improvement(AIN)