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USAID Micronutrient Program
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Why They Work: An analysis of three successful public health interventions. A study about Vitamin A supplementation programs in Ghana, Nepal and Zambia. January 2003 (no. 129) PDF Cost Study Synthesis - Ghana, Zambia and
Nepal. Although a variety of
vitamin A supplementation programs have been implemented in developing
countries, little is known to date about their costs. The major
objective of this study is to provide researchers and policymakers with
that cost information. (no. 136) PDF
Ghana Cost Study. [Reprinted] The overall objective of this study is to provide the Ministry of Health in Ghana with cost information on the vitamin A supplementation program. The MOH intends to use this information to integrate the vitamin A supplementation program into routine primary health care services over the next five years. (no. 128) PDF Zambia Cost Study. This study provides policymakers in Zambia with cost information on vitamin A supplementation — information that may help answer questions concerning the efficiency and sustainability of the campaign approach vis-à-vis other modes of delivering vitamin A supplementation. Specific objectives are to document the Child Health Week and National Immunization Days programs as they presently operate, and to analyze the two programs’ cost structures. (no. 137) PDF How to add deworming to vitamin A distribution. This manual, by UNICEF and WHO, is for health planners and aims to promote the deworming of preschool children where vitamin A distribution campaigns are conducted. 2005 PDF
Building a multisectoral vitamin A program in
Contribution of breastfeeding to vitamin A
nutrition of infants: a simulation model. This
article provides information on the potential contribution of breastfeeding to
vitamin A nutrition of infants. February 2003. (no. 130) PDF Enriching breast milk with vitamin A. Phil Harvey, Sight and Life Newsletter 3/2002:41-44 Vitamin A Global Initiative. 2001. (no. 121) PDF Twice-yearly Vitamin A Supplementation: Time for action. 2001. (no. 120) PDF
Twice-yearly Vitamin A Supplementation: A Guide for Program Managers. This guide has been developed to assist program managers in the design, implementation, and evaluation of periodic, active, institutionalized distribution programs for vitamin A.
2001. (no.
123) Vitamin A Archives. Please visit our archives for other helpful documents. Guidelines for Clinic-Based Health Workers - Not yet field tested. Guidance on how to implement the new WHO/UNICEF recommendations for the use of ORS and zinc supplementation in the clinical management of diarrhea. The guidelines presented in this document are generic; that is, they will be most effective when modified to support the particular strategy being used to introduce the new recommendations in each country. (no. 135) (PDF in English), (PDF in Spanish) Guidelines for New Diarrhea Treatment Protocols for Community-Based Workers - Not yet field tested. With the new tools described in this guide, community healthcare workers will be well prepared to help mothers treat a child with diarrhea. PDF Zinc Supplementation for the Treatment of Diarrhea: Moving from Research to Practice. A five-page document describing the history of ORS and the inclusion of zinc supplementation, case studies proving the benefits of zinc, using zinc for diarrhea treatment, and programmatic challenge points. PDF MOST summary article 2005. Cost-effectiveness of zinc supplementation as an adjunct treatment for childhood diarrhea PDF New diarrhea treatment guidelines could save more lives, article on pages 3-4 of the 2004/4 Nutriview Newsletter Brochure/Poster. This on-the-job aid is designed to assist clinic-based healthcare workers in the proper assessment and treatment of diarrhea in children under 5 according to the new WHO recommendation. The brochure/poster is formatted for A3 paper. PDF Bookmark for Community Healthcare Workers. A job aid with one side containing information about how to classify diarrhea, how to decide whether a child should go to the clinic, and how to help the mother with ORS/Zinc, and the other side containing a recipe for ORS and instructions on working with zinc. The bookmark is formatted for four-to-a-page on A4 size paper. PDF PowerPoint presentation given at USAID in September 2004 regarding zinc and ORS. Document is in the form of a handout, six slides to a page. PDF Ghana’s integrated approach to addressing anemia in pregnant women. Highlights Ghana’s national integrated five-year anemia control strategy, and in particular its strategic communication plan. SCN News, No. 27, December 2003. (2.8 mb, PDF file) No. 27 Meeting the Challenge to Improve Complementary Feeding, Dec 2003. A Strategic Approach to Anemia Control. Describes the MOST Project’s experiences together with the options now available for addressing anemia in developing countries. (no. 133) PDF Improving the Performance of Maternal Anemia Interventions in Africa. Describes the process used to develop a comprehensive program to control anemia in pregnant women in four districts of Uganda in 2002. (no. 134) PDF Overcoming Barriers to Effective Anemia Interventions during Antenatal Services in Uganda . [Reprinted] Describes the process and results of a study undertaken to identify barriers to implementation of effective interventions aimed at addressing anemia in pregnancy. (no. 131) PDF Iron
Archives. Please visit our
archives for other helpful documents. Quality Assurance Workshop for Salt Iodization Programs, October 1996 (also in Spanish, French and Russian). Proceedings document from a workshop on establishing salt iodization programs and quality assurance systems to monitor the programs' effectiveness. 1997 (no. 13) PDF Training Manual on the Production of High Quality Iodized Salt. (also in Spanish and French). Describes procedures, rationale behind procedures, and demonstrations and exercises to be used to train adults in charge of producing salt. 1998 (no. 17) Micronutrients Lead the Way: Making Gains in Nutrition and Health. Discusses options and strategies for improving micronutrient health in deficient populations. Provides details on USAID's efforts to reduce micronutrient deficiency through supplementation, fortification, and food-based programs. Updated in 2004 to include zinc as a significant public health issue. (no. 118) PDF Micronutrient Archives. Please visit our archives for other helpful documents. Wheat Flour Fortification Program in Bangladesh, Final Report. The final report on the trial wheat flour fortification program in Bangladesh details several studies and lessons learned during the trial fortification of wheat flour, which was funded by MOST. This report provides a foundation for guiding the future of flour fortification at the national level in Bangladesh. October 2003. (no. 132) PDF Elements of a National Food-Fortification Program / Bangladesh. This study’s primary objective is to identify major elements of a food-fortification strategy in Bangladesh, including micronutrient formulation for the food vehicles as suitable for fortification. (no. 138) PDF
Wheat Flour Enrichment and Fortification: Serving
Mutual Needs. An article by Omar Dary,
MOST/USAID, appearing in WHO’s April-May 2005 Bridges magazine regarding wheat
flour fortification in West Bank and
Food Fortification: Too much of a good thing can
be a bad thing. An article by Omar Dury, MOST/USAID, appearing in the
Bulletin of Research Abstracts of the Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment,
Aging and Metabolism -CeSSIAM-, volume 16, number 1, of January-June 2005. PDF Food Fortification: Need for a more proactive approach. 2001. (no. 122) PDF
Vitamin A Fortification of Sugar in Zambia, 1998–2001. This detailed
report provides a program overview; information on fortification
procedures, discussion of technical difficulties, enforcement issues,
and monitoring and evaluation; as well as an economic assessment of the
program. 2001. (no. 119)
Fortification Basics
Vitamin A Sugar Fortification in Central America: Experience and Lessons Learned. This publication documents the advocacy and promotion of sugar fortification to reduce the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency, the evolution of sugar fortification technology, and the implementation of sugar fortification programs in Central America. Specific reference is made to the sugar fortification efforts in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. 2000 (no. 114) English PDF Spanish PDF
Manual for Sugar Fortification with Vitamin A, 2nd ed. (also in Spanish). 1996 (no. 16)
(files in PDF format)
Manual for Wheat Flour
Fortification with Iron. 2000 (no. 115) (files in PDF
format) Fortification of Staple Foods in Developing Countries. This document contains tables providing a summary of mandatory and voluntary staple food fortification activities in developing countries. Foods included are cereal flours, cooking oils/margarine, liquid/dried milk, and sugar. 2000 (no. 113) Food-Fortification Archives. Please visit our archives for other helpful documents. |
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