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MI at the Micronutrient Forum
Posted on May 14, 2014
Thanks to everyone who made the Micronutrient Forum Global Conference a success!
ADDIS ABABA , ETHIOPIA – MI was proud to support and participate in the rejuvenated Micronutrient Forum Global Conference, which saw close to 1000 participants engage in the five-day conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from June 2 to 6. If you visited us at the MI exhibit, thank you!
MI holds an active role in the Forum, hosting the Forum Secretariat and providing ongoing support for its activities, including the global conference. MI’s Luz Maria De-Regil is also a co-chair of the Forum Steering Committee.
With close to 50 poster presentations from our Asia, Africa and Canada, MI staff were also involved in sponsored symposiums, sessions, learning centres and important peer-to-peer meetings.
In addition, Joel Spicer, MI President, chaired two plenary sessions, one on innovative financing and the other on political will. The Micronutrient Forum website will post some videos of the conference sessions.
During the Gala Dinner, Joel Spicer presented Tanzania’s Dr. Generose Mulokozi with an award for most outstanding poster that bridges discovery and delivery in micronutrient programming. Her poster highlighted success on the commercial promotion of micronutrient power for infants and young children in Tanzania.
Banda Ndiaye on his hope for the next MNF Conference
Review MI’s poster presentations here:
Vitamin A Supplementation
- Vitamin A supplementation and stunting levels among two year olds in Kenya: Evidence from the 2008-09 Kenya
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) that contribute to low Vitamin A coverage among caregivers of Children 6-59 months: Results from the KAP Survey done in Kenya
- Improving coverage of vitamin A supplement in an urban settings through establishing additional dosing points and human resources: experiences from Bhopal City, India
- Streamlining collection, compilation and use of VAS programme indicators in government HMIS in Indonesia
- Intensified monitoring of vitamin A supplementation (VAS) programmes in hard-to-reach districts and urban slums of Pakistan results in improved coverage
- Involving government health personnel for validation of vitamin A coverage data: a method for strengthening HMIS is Uttar Pradesh, India
- Testing feasability of delivering vitamin A to newborns in Bangladesh’s health care system
Zinc and ORS for Diarrhoea Treatment
- Designing co-packaging for Zinc & Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) to influence caregiver and provider behaviours for treating childhood diarrhoea in Guatemala
- Barriers and facilitating factors for uptake of zinc and ORS in Kenya; a case of Kitui County, Kenya
- Myths and perceptions on diarrhoea and use of ORS/zinc among mothers/ caregivers of under five years old children among a nomadic community in Kenya
- Caregiver´s knowledge, attitudes and practices on the utilization of Zinc and LO -ORS for diarrhoeal treatment in Northern Nigeria
- Childhood diarrhea management in health institutions, family and traditional based care; current opportunities in Senegal
- Lessons in scale-up of a public sector zinc ORS program for childhood diarrhoea management in the Indian state of Bihar
- Improving public sector case-reporting for childhood diarrhoea through capacitating community level volunteers (CLVs) in Bihar, India
Salt Iodization
- Review of Iodine and salt sources for establishing iodization standards
- Role of national legislation in the interpretation and practice of salt iodization standards
- Targeted involvement of women in iodized salt related microenterprises contributes to their economic and social empowerment in Senegal
- Role of effective enforcement of salt iodization legislation in improving the supply and distribution of adequately iodized salt
- Achieving USI in Pakistan by improved quality control and better government ownership and capacity
- Testing stability of iodine in salt: generating evidence to optimize statutory iodization standards in Bangladesh
- External monitoring of small & medium scale salt processors results in improved salt iodization in India
- Feasability of using electronic rapid testing kits (eRTK) for improved monitoring of salt processors, India
Food Fortification
- Adequacy of diets for Kenyan children under five years using 24 hr recall data
- Household consumption of iodized bouillon cubes affects iodine intake in Senegal
- Lessons and experiences from implementing small scale fortification in Asia, Indonesia, Nepal
Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation
- Nepal´s national scale-up of the Iron Intensification Program improved Iron Folic Acid supplementation coverage in pregnancy and showed potential for reducing anemia
- Supply chain challenges affecting access to IFA , Calcium, Oxytocin and Misoprostol in Kakamega County, Kenya
- A health systems strengthening approach to improve nutrition of pregnant women and newborns in Ethiopia, Kenya and Senegal
- Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women and its determinants in Northern Nigeria
- Perceptions of Mothers in Nepal on the Roles of Female Community Health Volunteers in Providing Iron Folic Acid and Referral to Antenatal Care
- Assessment of the iron-folic acid supplement (IFAS) supply chain to improve distribution at community level in Da kar and Fa tick regions, Senegal
Infant and Young Child Nutrition
- Designing rigorous program evaluations to assess the impact on child growth of integrated IYCN programs in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia
- Socially marketing micronutrients: the development of a multi-channel communications campaign in Bolivia
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