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Micronutrient Forum

"Consequences and Control of Micronutrient Deficiencies: 
Science, Policy, and Programs- Defining the Issues"
16-18 April 2007
Istanbul, Turkey

The Micronutrient Forum will hold its first international meeting in
Istanbul, Turkey on 16-18 April 2007. The theme of the meeting is
"Consequences and Control of Micronutrient Deficiencies: Science,
Policy, and Programs-Defining the Issues."

The Micronutrient Forum builds on the success of the International
Vitamin A Consultative Group (IVACG) and the International Nutritional
Anemia Consultative Group (INACG), which were both established by the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1975.

The Micronutrient Forum will serve as a stimulus for policy-relevant
science and as the internationally recognized catalyst for moving the
global community towards consensus around evidence-based policies and
programs that reduce micronutrient deficiencies around the globe.

Meeting participants are welcome from a wide diversity of relevant
disciplines such as maternal and child health, nutrition, biochemistry,
agriculture, horticulture, education, communications, and development.
Participants are expected to include representatives from international
agencies, national ministries, educational and research institutions,
food and chemical industries, and non-governmental organizations.

Program managers and researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts for
oral and poster presentations describing new data on the topics that
follow. Abstracts must pertain to the micronutrient deficiencies of
primary interest to the Micronutrient Forum, namely vitamin A, iron,
folate, iodine, and/or zinc. 

Defining "Deficiency Disorders" 
Systems for increasing multiple micronutrient status 
Health consequences of micronutrient deficiencies 
The relevance of micronutrient-micronutrient interactions on
micronutrient intervention design 
Cost, coverage, sustainability, and impact of micronutrient
intervention programs 
The science base needed for national policy formulation and program
commitment 
The interactions of micronutrients with infectious diseases 

Preference will be given to abstracts describing well-designed studies,
providing new and potentially important findings with data that relate
to the above topics

Abstracts must be received by 15 August 2006.

The Micronutrient Forum is sponsored by the Micronutrient Forum and the
Local Organizing Committee of the Ministry of Health of Turkey. The
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Research Foundation serves
as the Secretariat for the Micronutrient Forum through A2Z -the USAID
Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project. A2Z is managed by the Academy
for Educational Development (AED) and funded through September 2010 by
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Health,
Infectious Disease and Nutrition (HIDN) Office of the Bureau of Global
Health, Cooperative Agreement, Leadership with Associate Awards,
GHS-A-00-05-00012-00.

To receive more information about the Micronutrient Forum, contact the
Micronutrient Forum Secretariat at the ILSI Research Foundation, One
Thomas Circle, NW, Ninth Floor, Washington, DC 20005-5802, USA, Tel:
202-659-9024, Fax: 202-659-3617, Email: mnforum@ilsi.org.