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About the Program
Contributing CDC's skills and resources to the global effort in eliminating micronutrient malnutrition
Photo: Jim Stipe, Lutheran World Relief |
Background
In fiscal years 2000 and 2002, Congress gave funds for The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to join the global effort to
eliminate micronutrient deficiencies. CDC's IMMPaCt Program committed to
work with partners such as United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), United
States Agency for International Development (USAID), and others to aid countries in building national capacity
to eliminate micronutrient deficiencies. Support
includes funding and technical expertise for surveillance systems to
monitor the impact of interventions.
IMMPaCt Program Action Plan
The IMMPaCt Program is implemented by different Centers within CDC. The Division of Nutrition and Physical
Activity is responsible for the management and coordination of this
program.
Goals
- Strengthen the abilities and skills of nations to assess and
monitor the level of micronutrient deficiencies.
- Assist governments and private and civic organizations to implement
monitoring systems and assess the process and impact of intervention programs.
- Support the design and implementation of micronutrient
communications and advocacy.
- Strengthen current, and create new, partnerships to support
micronutrient interventions at the global and national levels.
Program Objectives
- Build knowledge and ability to assess and monitor the elimination of
micronutrient malnutrition
- Support expansion and evaluation of micronutrient deficiency
interventions
- Assist and guide the planning of effective micronutrient
communication and advocacy
- Strengthen global micronutrient laboratory capacity
- Conduct and support applied research related to micronutrient
deficiencies
- Develop and strengthen partnerships among public, private, academic,
and non-governmental organizations
Progress
In collaboration with different partners, IMMPaCt has
supported a number of projects in various countries since the year
2000. Examples of these projects include
- Two regional training workshops for 18 countries assisted by the
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of WHO.
- CD Rom-based training tools on micronutrient program planning (MAPit),
micronutrient cluster survey methods (RightSize), and micronutrient
communication (Micronutrient CDCynergy).
- Funding and technical assistance in planning and implementation of a
national micronutrient survey in Malawi.
- Funding and technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in
Nicaragua for developing and implementing a national
integrated surveillance system to monitor nutrition interventions;
such as improving iodine,
vitamin A and iron nutrition.
- Partial funding to assess the effectiveness of delivering
anti-lymphatic filariasis drug (diethyl carbamazing or DEC) using
iodized salt in Guyana.
- Funding and technical assistance to develop a global laboratory
network (the International Resource Laboratories for Iodine Network),
which functions to strengthen the monitoring component of national and
regional level programs for the sustained elimination of iodine
deficiency.
- Funding for a review of lessons learned from micronutrient
intervention programs in selected countries in Southeast Asia.
For a more detailed description of projects please visit our IMMPaCt
Projects and Tools section.
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