Cornerstone Meeting: Investing in Micronutrients—From Past Experiences to Current Challenges Materials
Cornerstone Meeting: Investing in Micronutrients—From Past Experiences to Current Challenges
June 13, 2011
Meeting Presentations
Session I: Looking Back to Look forward: Framing the Future of Micronutrient Interventions
- Looking back to look forward – Lessons from USAID investments in reducing micronutrient deficiencies – Rolf Klemm
- USAID investments in micronutrients: Future outlook and key challenges – Emorn Wasantwisut
Session II: Concurrent Panels – Field Experiences from Country Programs: Tailoring Programs to Local Context to Improve Countries Ownership and Sustainability
Improving Micronutrient Status through Food-based Interventions
- Local achievements and advances attributable to the ECSA-USAID Regional Initiative – Carol Tom
- Building upon initial foundations of prior projects – Regina Moench-Pfanner
- Integrated Surveillance System for Nutrition Interventions in Nicaragua (SIVIN) – Maria Elena Jefferds
Maternal Anemia Control and Prevention
- Integrating maternal anemia reduction activities into malaria control program in Uganda – Elizabeth Madraa
- Using community-based service delivery to reduce maternal anemia in Nepal – Phil Harvey
- Experiences and lessons-learned from the integrated program for maternal anemia reduction in two states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, India – Prakash Kotecha
- Pharmaceutical management of micronutrients and maternal anemia supplies: Lessons learnt from experiences in India, Cambodia, and Uganda – Grace Adeya
Micronutrients for Infants and Children
- Sustaining a decade of high vitamin A supplementation coverage in Tanzania – Christina Nyhus Dhillon
- The child anemia reduction package (CARP) in India: An example of “the first 1000 days” approach in action – Zo Rambeloson
- Insights on improving dietary diversity for young children using local foods: Excerpts from TIPS research in Rwanda and Malawi – Marcia Griffiths
- Pilot for testing delivery mechanisms for newborn vitamin A supplementation (NBVAS) in Bangladesh – Zeba Mahmud
Micronutrients for Infants and Children
Session III: Translating Science to Policies and Effective Country-led Programs: Closing the Know-Do Gap
- Role of science in shaping future micronutrient policies and programs – Keith West
- Promoting policies for national ownership of nutrition: Principles from maternal and newborn survival studies – Jeremy Shiffman
- Strengthening program implementation through M&E – Rafael Flores-Ayala
Session IV: A Comprehensive View: Matching Country Needs and Realities with International Perspectives and Ideals
- India: Actions at the policy level – taking policy for anemia control as an example – Prakash Kotecha
- International cooperation in the Philippines: Challenges and prospects – Corazon Barba
Session V: Next Steps
