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Reduction of Micronutrient Malnutrition list of publications

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Norms and standards

Salt as a vehicle for fortification (2008)
Report of a WHO Expert Consultation, 21-22 March 2007, Luxembourg

Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients (2006)

Vitamin and mineral requirements in human nutrition (2004)
Second edition

Trace elements in human nutrition and health (1996)

Statements

Recommendations on wheat and maize flour fortification meeting report: Interim Consensus Statement (2009)

Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) in women of reproductive age: its role in promoting optimal maternal and child health (2009)

Preventing and controlling micronutrient deficiencies in populations affected by an emergency (2007) [pdf 800kb]

Reaching Optimal Iodine Nutrition in Pregnant and Lactating Women and Young Children (2007) [pdf 207kb]
Revised 20th November 2007

Iron supplementation of young children in regions where malaria transmission is intense and infectious disease highly prevalent (2006) [pdf 295kb]

Focusing on anaemia: towards an integrated approach for effective anaemia control (2004) [pdf 1.25Mb]


Regional publications

Code of Practice for Food Premix Operations (2005)

Micronutrient deficiencies in Africa (1998)
WHO intercountry workshop for national programme managers, 7-9 October 1997, Gaborone, Botswana

Atelier OMS interpays sur les carences en micronutriments pour les coordonnateurs nationaux de programmes (1997)
Bamako, Mali, 27-29 Mai 1997


Peer-reviewed articles

Due to copyright arrangements, some of the links to articles may be not freely accessible.

de Benoist B et al. Iodine deficiency in 2007: Global progress since 1993 [pdf 421kb]
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol 29, no. 3, 195-202, September 2008

Conclusions of a WHO Technical Consultation on folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies [pdf 110kb]
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol 29, no. 2 (supplement), S238-S246, June 2008

Mclean E et al. Worldwide prevalence of anaemia, WHO Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System, 1993-2005 [pdf 191kb]
Public Health Nutrition, vol 23,1-11, May 2008 [Epub ahead of print]

Prevention and control of iodine deficiency in pregnant and lactating women and in children less than 2-years-old: conclusions and recommendations of the Technical Consultation [pdf 87kb]
Public Health Nutrition, vol 10, no. 12a, 1606-1611, December 2007

Conclusions and recommendations of the WHO Consultation on prevention and control of iron deficiency in infants and young children in malaria endemic areas
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol 28, no. 4 (supplement), S621-S631, December 2007
English [pdf 148kb] | French (Médicine Tropicale 2008, 68) [pdf 130kb]

de Benoist B et al. Conclusions of the Joint WHO/UNICEF/IAEA/IZiNCG Interagency Meeting on Zinc Status Indicators [pdf 127kb]
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol 28, no. 3 (supplement), S480-S486, September 2007

Andersson M et al. Current global iodine status and progress over the last decade towards the elimination of iodine deficiency
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol 83, no. 7, 518-525, July 2005

Zimmermann MB et al. New reference values for thyroid volume by ultrasound in iodine-sufficient schoolchildren: a World Health Organization/Nutrition for Health and Development Iodine Deficiency Study Group Report
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 79, no. 2, 231-237, February 2004

de Benoist B et al. Prevalence of iodine deficiency worldwide
The Lancet, vol 362, issue 9398, 1859-1860, 29 November 2003

Weize-Prinzo Z, De Benoist B. Meeting the challenges of micronutrient deficiencies in emergency-affected populations [pdf 722kb]
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol 61, no. 2, 251-257, May 2002

de Benoist B et al. Vitamin A supplementation and control of vitamin A deficiency: Conclusions [pdf 71kb]
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol 22, no. 3, 335-340, September 2001


Other documents

Investing in the future: A united call to action on vitamin and mineral deficiencies
Global report 2009

Pellagra and its prevention and control in major emergencies (2000)

Thiamine deficiency and its prevention and control in major emergencies (1999)

Scurvy and its prevention and control in major emergencies (1999)


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