United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition



 

Working Group on Micronutrients

Hosted by The World Food Programme at the Stanley Hotel, Nairobi, 1400-1700 4 April 2001

Chair: Ian Darnton-Hill, HKI 
Vice-Chairs: Bruno de Benoist, WHO and Werner Schultink, UNICEF
Rapporteurs: Frances Davidson, USAID and Archana Dwivedi, UNICEF

AGENDA

14:00

Introduction and format (Issues from 27th Session)

14:15

IDD update

Bruno de Benoist/WHO

Francois Delange/ICCIDD

14:45

Vitamin A

Ian Darnton-Hill/HKI

Werner Schultink/UNICEF

15:15

Iron deficiency anaemia

Gary Gleason/INF

Nevin Scrimshaw/UNU

15:45

Fortification highlights

Venkatesh Mannar/MI

16:05

Multimicronutrients

Rainer Gross/GTZ

16:25

Discussion of this year’s work priorities to be resolved/addressed and reporting back in year 2002

16:55

Closing

Bruno de Benoist and Werner Schultink