Partners

World Health Organization/ Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO/EMRO)

The CDC agreement with WHO is to provide epidemiological training and technical assistance on assessing micronutrient status at a population level. WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) also monitors selected countries in the Middle East. Specific activities will include

• Developing of standardized methods for baseline assessments of nutritional and iron status of populations in countries where iron fortification projects are not in place or are about to be implemented.
• Situation analysis and impact evaluation of programs to fortify flour with iron in countries where these fortification projects have existed for several years.
• Follow up assistance to a country in the region to conduct a baseline assessment of iron status prior to implementing of flour fortification with iron.

UNICEF

The CDC agreement with UNICEF is to support selected countries to

• Implement micronutrient malnutrition assessment and monitoring programs.
• Develop and strengthen national capacity to monitor product quality and biological impact of interventions to eliminate micronutrient malnutrition.

Specific activities include

• Conducting baseline surveys of micronutrient malnutrition in Malawi (vitamin A, iron, iodine) and Ukraine (iron, iodine).
• Establishing systems to monitor product quality and the impact on biological status of food fortification interventions in Malawi and Ukraine.
• Investigating low anemia prevalence and the efficacy of using multi-micronutrient supplements among women of reproductive age in China.
• Investigating potential nutritional factors associated with chronic arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh.

USAID Micronutrient Program (MOST)

The CDC interagency agreement with USAID is to work with MOST to provide epidemiologic and technical assistance in developing, implementing and evaluating systems to monitor micronutrient malnutrition elimination programs in Nicaragua and Zambia.

Specific activities include

• In Zambia, the monitoring system is designed to evaluate the vitamin A-fortified sugar intervention from production to household.
• In Nicaragua, assistance to the government is to establish an integrated ongoing system to monitor the biological impact of all national nutritional interventions, including interventions to eliminate micronutrient malnutrition.

Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency

http://www.sph.emory.edu/iodinenetwork/*

Through the IMMPaCt program, CDC is a board member of the Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency. The Network's mandate is to support national efforts to eliminate iodine deficiency — and to sustain elimination — by promoting collaboration among public, private, and civic organizations. CDC's goal is to work in collaboration with the Network to advocate for, and create the conditions necessary to sustain the national elimination of iodine deficiency. CDC will contribute expertise specifically in the areas of field epidemiology, laboratory analysis, surveillance techniques and health communication.

The Micronutrient Initiative (MI)

http://www.micronutrient.org/*

The IMMPaCt program works closely with MI in a number of areas. In the East Mediterranean region, MI funds support the initiation of flour fortification efforts while IMMPaCt funds support training and implementation of iron status assessment and monitoring activities in selected countries.

MI and IMMPaCt co-fund

• The position of a senior technical adviser to work on the universal flour fortification initiative.
• The multi-center micronutrient research initiative, being launched by the Department of International Health and Development at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

http://www.sph.tulane.edu*

The IMMPaCt program is one of the collaborating centers involved with the multi-center micronutrient research initiative, being launched by the Department of International Health and Development at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Other collaborating groups include the Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF and the Institute of Nutrition at Mahidol University.

The project aims to build capacity for evaluation research in a number of national institutions, initially focused in Asia. The initiative then encourages the transfer of these research skills, to conduct prospective evaluation into the effect of micronutrient deficiency control programs on human function and development.

Kiwanis International and Sister Cities International

http://www.kiwanis.org/wsp/*
http://www.sister-cities.org/*

The CDC is working in partnership with Kiwanis International and Sister Cities International to organize a grass roots campaign to increase the supply and demand for micronutrient-rich foods in developing countries.

This grass roots approach to improving micronutrient status "One City At A Time" was pioneered by USAID and Emory University in 1999. The grass roots campaign, currently being continued as a CDC IMMPaCt program initiative, is made up of local governments, non-profit institutions, national and multinational food companies, public sector agencies, as well as other civic groups in the United States and abroad.

Initially, these public-private collaborations will strengthen the resource base for eliminating micronutrient malnutrition in at least two pilot countries (e.g., the Philippines and Ukraine). This will create a sustainable and feasible strategy for solving the problem of micronutrient malnutrition.

Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

http://www.sph.emory.edu/*

The IMMPaCt program works closely with a number of staff from the Departments of International Health and Epidemiology in the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.

Specific areas of collaboration include

• Employing of two Emory staff members as part-time advisers on policy, technical issues, and epidemiology for IMMPaCt.
• A study to evaluate anthropometric equipment was conducted jointly by staff from IMMPaCt and from the Rollins School of Public Health.
• Participation of IMMPaCt staff on the thesis committee for Emory International Health MPH students.

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