Accelerated Reduction Effort on Anaemia (AREA) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar
Nutritional anaemias co-occur in various population groups. Thus, it is desirable to implement a combination of essential nutrition actions to address this public health problem, but it may lead to potentially excessive intakes of one or more micronutrients. This is especially relevant in settings where multiple stakeholders work to deliver public health interventions such as fortification of staple foods, biofortification and iron supplementation.
The excessive consumption of iron could have harmful consequences on the health and development of individuals and populations. They range from mild gastrointestinal side effects to increased risk of preterm delivery.
As interventions to reduce anaemia scale-up, several questions arise: Are the safety concerns justified? Is it possible to estimate the risks of delivering multiple interventions? If so, how?
Please join us for this webinar, as we discuss this exciting topic with Professor Stanley Zlotkin and Dr Reina Engle-Stone.
Moderator
Ms Luz Maria De-Regil - AREA CoP Moderator
Speakers
Professor Stanley Zlotkin, OC, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), The Hospital for Sick Children, Centre for Global Child Health and Departments of Paediatrics and Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto.
Dr Reina Engle-Stone, Ph.D, Department of Nutrition and Institute of Global Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
The Community of Practice (CoP) aims to support members of the global community dedicated to improving and scaling up existing methods and strategies for anaemia reduction in a holistic and cohesive manner; to build consensus for engagement in AREA at the global, regional and national level and commit to the achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets 2025 endorsed by the 65th World Health Assembly.