Reducing the Global Burden of Anemia: What's the Role of Nutrition?

A cross-track plenary with Track 2, this session will define progress in anaemia reduction against the global targets and characterize the role and limitations of nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions in reducing the burden of anaemia.

Presentations:

• 5:00 AM – 6:30 AM EST

  Introduction: Reducing the Global Burden of Anemia: What's the Role of Nutrition?
  Angela De Silva, MBBS PhD – World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia
• 5:00 AM – 6:30 AM EST

  The biology of anaemia (including an overview of the haemoglobinopathies)
  Vip Viprakasit – Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Pediatrics & Siriraj Thalasemia Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
• 5:00 AM – 6:30 AM EST

  Genetic interactions between iron metabolism, the red cell, and malaria
  Sarah H. Atkinson, MD, MRCPCH, PhD – KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford
• 5:00 AM – 6:30 AM EST

  Nutrition sensitive and specific interventions for controlling anaemia - what can we hope to achieve?
  Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS(Hons) MPH PhD FRACP FRCPA – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
• 5:00 AM – 6:30 AM EST

  Q&A: Reducing the Global Burden of Anemia: What's the Role of Nutrition?
  Angela De Silva, MBBS PhD – World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia