Halving anaemia prevalence by 2030 requires both efforts to scale-up proven nutrition interventions and the development of innovative solutions to address emerging bottlenecks.
Essential nutrition actions such as supplementation and food fortification with iron, face some technological challenges that are limiting their use at large scale. These barriers range from low acceptability and adherence to supplements to losses of available iron in a food matrix.
Universities and research institutions are working to create promising (and exciting!) options that can be implemented in the near term.
Please join us for this webinar where we will discuss novel iron compounds for food fortification and supplementation, lentil fortification and parenteral iron supplementation as a public health intervention.
Speakers
Michael Bruce Zimmermann - ETH Zurich
Michael Zimmerman has been a Professor of Human Nutrition at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, since 2012.
Professor Zimmermann’s research field is human nutrition with a focus on micronutrient deficiencies. His emphasis is on the health effects of iron, iodine, zinc and calcium deficiencies and the development of food-based strategies to correct them. His expertise includes trace mineral biochemistry, nanotechnology for nutrition, novel biomarkers, and stable isotope techniques.
His post-doctoral fellowship was in Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolism. Michael’s work has been recognized by multiple organizations. In 2015, he received the Princess Sirindhorn Health Award given by the Royal Family of Thailand and in 2013 the International Endocrinology Award from The American Society of Endocrinology, among other recognitions.
Carol Henry - University of Saskatchewan
Carol Henry is a Professor and Assistant Dean of the Division of Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Dr Henry leads multi-partner, multi-faceted programs addressing the determinants of and solutions to food security and malnutrition through understanding the complex nature of food systems, food processing and development, and nutrition interventions.
Her research interests also include school and community health, child nutrition, children’s and consumer literacy and health, adolescent health, and food security, as well as food systems as they relate to technologies and the organization of health service workers, international development, and partnership.
Carol is a member of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Dietitians of Canada, American Dietetic Association, and Canadian Women in Global Health.
Michael Auerbach - Georgetown University
Michael Auerbach, MD, FACP, is a hematologist/oncologist at Auerbach Hematology and Oncology Associates, Inc., in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington DC.
Dr. Auerbach has authored or coauthored over 180 journal articles, books, chapters and meeting abstracts, most recently focusing on intravenous iron supplementation in pregnancy and in patients with RLS. He is an author of the Treatment of Iron Deficiency in Adults, Anemia in Pregnancy, and Diagnosis and Causes of Iron Deficiency for UpToDate.
In 2010, he participated in the first educational session ever delivered on the use of intravenous iron, at the American Society of Hematology’s annual meeting and in 2016 presented another on complete replacement dosing in an initial, brief, single visit. In December, 2017 he was the principal author of the first prospective study of intravenous iron in pregnancy performed in the United States which was published in the American Journal of Medicine.
Moderator
Luz Maria De-Regil – AREA CoP Moderator
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.