Deciding what to implement where and when to improve micronutrient nutrition

Increasingly, there are multiple strategies being used to reduce some micronutrient deficiencies, while others are not addressed. The objective of this session, therefore is to understand where we are with respect to tools and approaches to make informed decisions about such overlapping strategies and to use illustrative country example that highlight successes and challenges in this area.

Presentations:

• Introduction: Deciding what to implement where and when to improve micronutrient nutrition
  Deanna K. Olney – IFPRI
• The Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) and results from its recent use for programmatic decision-making
  Valerie Friesen – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
• Where can Biofortification be most impactful? – The Biofortification Priority Index (BPI)
  Michael Tedla Diressie – HarvestPlus/ International Food Policy Research Institute
• The use of data to make decisions about vitamin A supplementation
  Kedar Raj Parajuli, MPH – Ministry of Health and Population
• Integrated strategies to combat micronutrient deficiencies in West Africa (INSIDER)
  Valerie Greffeuille – French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)
• Review of evidence of micronutrient deficiencies and strategies to address micronutrient malnutrition in Rwanda
  Joanne E. Arsenault, PhD – Intake, FHI Solutions
• Q&A: Deciding what to implement where and when to improve micronutrient nutrition
  Deanna K. Olney – IFPRI