Improving folate status in women of reproductive age to reduce the risk of NTD: What are the gaps and what is the Folate Task Team doing to address them

The audience will be introduced to the Folate Task Team, a multidisciplinary global group of experts working together to improve folate status among women of reproductive age in order to reduce the risk of folate-sensitive neural tube defects (spina bifida and anencephaly) in low- and middle-income countries.

Presentations:

• Introduction: Improving folate status in women of reproductive age to reduce the risk of NTD: What are the gaps and what is the Folate Task Team doing to address them
  Homero Martinez, MD, PhD – Nutrition International
• Lack of knowledge about folate status in women of reproductive age
  Bailey B. Bailey, PhD – University of Georgia
• Lack of knowledge about salt as an alternative food vehicle to provide folic acid in low- and middle-income countries
  Vijaya Kancherla, PhD – Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
• Lack of knowledge about NTD prevalence in the world
  Vijaya Kancherla, PhD – Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
• Development of a program to reduce NTDs in Ethiopia through folic acid fortification of iodized salt
  Masresha Tessema Anegago – Ethiopian Public Health Institute
• Q&A-Improving folate status in women of reproductive age to reduce the risk of NTD: What are the gaps and what is the Folate Task Team doing to address them
  Homero Martinez, MD, PhD – Nutrition International