United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Micronutrient Malnutrition

Hall 3, IIT, Chennai, Wednesday 5 March 2003, 1630-1830 hours

Co-Chairs: Bruno de Benoist (WHO), Frances Davidson (USAID) and Werner Schultink (UNICEF)


Agenda

Wednesday
5 March		 1630-1640 Report on follow-up to recommendations of previous working group meeting—Bruno de Benoist (10 minutes)
1640-1805 New Developments:
  • Update on IDD—Bruno de Benoist (10 minutes)
    Discussion (5 minutes)
  • Report on Ottawa September 2002 meeting on Developing strategies to meet the challenge of eliminating iron deficiency and anaemia in children <2 yrs of age by 2008—Gary Gleason (INF) (10 minutes)
    Discussion (5 minutes)
  • IAEA update on activities related to micronutrients—Venkatesh Iyengar (IAEA) (10 minutes)
    Discussion (5 minutes)
  • Report on anaemia and adolescents programme in India—Werner Schultink (10 minutes)
    Discussion (5 minutes)
  • UNICEF/WHO meting on International Research on Infant Supplementation, New York, December 2002—Werner Schultink (10 minutes)
    Discussion (5 minutes)
  • Vitamin A oil and ghee fortification—Hamid Ahmad (Pakistan) (5 minutes)
    Discussion (5 minutes)
1805-1820

Partnerships: GAIN—What is it?—Rolf Carriere (GAIN) (10 minutes)
Discussion (5 minutes)
1820-1830 Open discussion on next steps for the Working Group (10 minutes)