title: Achievements, challenges, and promising new approaches in vitamin and mineral deficiency control.
abstract: Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) contribute significantly to the world's disease and mortality burden. Global efforts addressing MNDs have achieved significant yet heterogeneous progress across and within regions and countries. For vitamin A and iodine interventions, enhancing achievements in coverage require further political and financial commitment and targeting of hard-to-reach populations. Anemia control must focus on prevention among preschoolers and adolescent women and on integrated public health programs. Current international guidelines on iron supplementation and cut-off values for anemia need revision. For zinc, advocacy to accelerate the application of revised diarrhea management guidelines is critical, as are efficacy studies on food-based interventions and preventive supplementation.
authors.affiliation: HarvestPlus, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI-CIAT), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. e.boy@cgiar.org
authors.forename: Erick
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boy
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mannar
authors.forename: Chandrakant
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pandav
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Benoist
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Viteri
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hotz
mesh_terms: D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001361:Avitaminosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003906:Developing Countries; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007455:Iodine; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000172:deficiency*; D008903:Minerals / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009313:National Health Programs; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011634:Public Health; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients; D008903:Minerals; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; C034024:iodized salt; D007455:Iodine