Micronutrient Forum | PIN Special Edition News Issue #1
THE 6TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE: Nutrition for Resilience
October 16 - 20, 2023, The Hague, Netherlands
Talks featuring PIN Alumni
PIN alumni, faculty and trainees will be sharing their expertise and latest evidence from the field at the 6th Global Conference: Nutrition for Resilience next week in the Netherlands. Not attending in person? Register for virtual participation and get full digital access to all conference presentations through the virtual login. Note: all presentation times listed below are Central European Summer Time.
Purnima Menon PhD, ‘02
10/16/2023, 4:35pm CET/ 10:35am US ET
Opening Ceremony, King Willem Alexander Hall
Panel: Global Female Leaders
The MNF 6th Global Conference comes at a critical time for the global development, food security, health and nutrition communities following three years of protracted crises and offers the opportunity to rally and align the community around a new and transformative agenda that can better protect and nourish vulnerable households.
Pattanee Winichagoon, PhD ‘91
10/17/23, 10:30am CET/ 4:30am US ET
Session 1: Getting It Right – Measuring Hemoglobin and Defining Anaemia, King Willem Alexander Hall
Chair and Moderator
This session will present the latest evidence, challenges faced, and informed guidance on the measurement of hemoglobin concentration in populations.
10/18/23, 7:14am CET/ 1:14am US ET
Sponsored Symposium: Getting back on track to meet the 2030 anaemia reduction targets, Mississippi Hall
Title of talk: Biology of anemia
This interactive session will provide an overview of key findings of the Lancet Haematology Commission and gather feedback on proposed recommendations and priorities that will be included in the final report.
Eva Monterrosa, PhD ‘10
10/17/23, 11:19am CET/ 5:19am US ET
Concurrent Session: Utilizing Formative Research Methods and Human-Centered Approaches to Design and Strengthen Interventions to Improve Micronutrient Intake, Amazon Hall
Title of talk: Brand as an innovative strategy to address nutritious food choices among low income consumers - an example from Kenya.
Formative research techniques, such as PhotoVoice, Trials of Improved Practices, Positive Deviance, Doer/Non-Doer Analysis, and other Human-Centered approaches, can be applied to explore the preferences, priorities, perspectives, and power dynamics at the individual, household, and community levels. Come to this session to learn more about how these techniques and methodologies have been applied to designing and refining micronutrient interventions in Burundi, Mozambique, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, and Pakistan for improved programme effectiveness and resiliency.
10/19/23, 7:40am CET/ 1:40am US ET
Sponsored Symposium: Exploring Metrics for Measuring Progress Towards Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems, Yangtze Hall
Title of talk: Metrics on Consumer Behavior
The objective of the session sponsored by the Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) is to bring together experts, policy analysts and practitioners to discuss from a diet quality and nutrition perspective, how well we are equipped to monitor and measure foods systems transformations, from policies to technological innovations, and from behavior change to private sector investments. What do we know about existing metrics (their intent, extent of validation, and rigor) and remaining gaps that impair our ability to interpret change.
Homero Martinez, PhD ‘91
10/18/23, 8:30am CET/ 2:30am US ET
Plenary Session: Current Estimates of the Global Prevalence of MN Deficiency, and the Need for More Data, King Willem Alexander Hall
Title of talk: Biomarkers as the Gold Standard for Estimating the Prevalence of MN Deficiency/Excess, and the Biological Basis for Establishing Biomarker Cutoffs
This session will: 1) review the critical importance of data on population MN status for policy formulation and program design and evaluation, 2) discuss the central role of MN status biomarkers for assessing population status and the biological basis for these biomarkers and related deficiency cutoffs, and 3) summarize currently available information on the prevalence of selected MN deficiencies and factors affecting these estimates.
Jacqueline K. Kung'u, PhD ‘08
10/17/23, 2:26pm CET/ 8:26am US ET
Concurrent Session: Bridging Implementation and Science: Lessons Learned in Designing and Delivering Micronutrient Programs for Impact and Scale, Amazon Hall
Title of talk: PROMPTING SUPPLY OF ZINC AND LOW-OSMOLARITY ORAL REHYDRATION SALT THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR COUPLED WITH BEHAVIOUR CHANGE COMMUNICATION ON TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD DIARRHOEA IN KENYA
In this session, we focus on key issues that have emerged as challenges faced by researchers and implementers in linking evidence and action, and spotlight evidence of why and where otherwise efficacious interventions do or do not achieve the desired impact under real-world settings.
Lynnette Neufeld, PhD ‘00
10/18/23, 6:28pm CET/ 12:28pm US ET
Plenary Session: New Perspectives for Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in the European Context, King Willem Alexander Hall
Title of talk: Towards Micronutrient Resilience in Europe: What Can Europe Learn from LMIC?
10/20/23, 7:47am CET/ 1:47am US ET
Sponsored Symposium: Prevention and Control of Micronutrient Deficiencies through Food & Health Systems Actions: What Will be Required to Achieve Complementary Efforts? Amazon Hall
Title of talk: Motivating Policymakers to Adopt This Vision: Advocacy, Communication, and Data Needs for Inter-Sectoral Collaboration
Mduduzi N. Mbuya, PhD ‘08
10/17/23, 1:45pm CET/ 7:45am US ET
Concurrent Session: Bridging Implementation and Science: Lessons Learned in Designing and Delivering Micronutrient Programs for Impact and Scale, Amazon Hall
Chair and Moderator
10/20/23, 7:20am CET/ 1:20am US ET
Sponsored Symposium: Prevention and Control of Micronutrient Deficiencies through Food & Health Systems Actions: What Will be Required to Achieve Complementary Efforts?, Amazon Hall
Title of talk: Complementary Food Systems Interventions, Including Food Fortification
Rahul Rawat, PhD ‘07
Chair and Moderator:
10/17/23, 7:00am CET/ 1:00am US ET
Sponsored Symposium: Exemplars in Anemia Reduction among Women of Reproductive Age: Using Findings from Exemplar Countries to Accelerate Progress Worldwide, Yangtze Hall
10/18/23, 3:30pm CET/ 9:30am US ET
Sponsored Symposium: MMS Now: Supplying MMS to Pregnant Women for a Resilient Future, King Willem Alexander Hall
10/19/23, 10:30am CET/ 4:30am US ET
Concurrent Session: Lessons Learned From Implementation and Scaling of Home Fortification Interventions for Young Children, Amazon Hall
Talk:
10/19/23, 6:05pm CET/ 12:05pm US ET
Plenary Session: What is Needed to Support, Scale and Sustain Micronutrient Nutrition Solutions?, King Willem Alexander Hall
Title of talk: What Types of Innovations Are Needed to Support Scaling?
Rebecca Heidkamp, PhD ‘11
Chair and Moderator:
10/17/23, 1:45pm CET/ 7:45am US ET
Concurrent Session: Measuring Intervention Coverage: Who is Being Reached? Onyx Hall
10/19/23, 3:30pm CET/ 9:30am US ET
Sponsored Symposium: Introduction of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS): Country Implementation Research Findings, King Willem Alexander Hall
Talk:
10/17/23, 10:35am CET/ 4:35am US ET
Concurrent Session: Utilizing Formative Research Methods and Human-Centered Approaches to Design and Strengthen Interventions to Improve Micronutrient Intake, Amazon Hall
Title of talk: Utilizing HCD to Improve Adherence to Calcium, MMS, and Aspirin for the Prevention of Preterm Birth: Experience from Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, and Pakistan
Talks featuring PIN Faculty and Trainees
Saurabh Mehta, MBBS, ScD
10/17/23, 10:30am CET/ 4:30am US ET
Concurrent Session: Biofortification as Foundational for Resilient Food Systems, Mississippi Hall
Title of talk: Effect of Daily Provision and Consumption of Multiple Biofortified Crops-Based Meals on Nutritional Status in Mother-Child Dyads: Results From a Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial
The biofortification of staple crops through selective plant breeding, agronomic management, or genetic engineering is a complementary and sustainable intervention to prevent micronutrient deficiencies, particularly of vitamin A, iron and zinc. Based on two decades of multidisciplinary proof of concept research significant progress in scaling has been achieved in high burden countries. The first systematic review and meta-analysis of its efficacy will be presented. This session will also include research on crop combinations and additional micronutrients.
John Hoddinott, DPhil
10/17/23, 6:20pm CET/ 12:20pm US ET
Plenary Session: Forging Connections Between Humanitarian and Development Efforts to Strengthen Micronutrient and Nutritional Resilience, King Willem Alexander Hall
Title of talk: Maximizing Impact: Insights From the Copenhagen Consensus on Micronutrient Investments
This plenary session aims to showcase how nutrition programs can enhance resilience and demonstrate impact. It will also explore how such programs can secure funding within existing financing structures and provide a vision for the evolution of global financing to meet the needs of communities for comprehensive "nutrition for resilience" programming.
Elad Tako, PhD (Food Science, Cornell University)
10/17/23, 10:30am CET/ 4:30am US ET
Concurrent Session: Biofortification as Foundational for Resilient Food Systems, Mississippi Hall
Title of talk: The use of novel LA:DGLA ratio biomarker to assess the biological impact of high zinc, biofortified maize on women and children in Guatemala
The biofortification of staple crops through selective plant breeding, agronomic management, or genetic engineering is a complementary and sustainable intervention to prevent micronutrient deficiencies, particularly of vitamin A, iron and zinc. Based on two decades of multidisciplinary proof of concept research significant progress in scaling has been achieved in high burden countries. The first systematic review and meta-analysis of its efficacy will be presented. This session will also include research on crop combinations and additional micronutrients.
Kripa Rajagopalan, PhD Candidate
10/19/23, 1:45pm CET/ 7:45am US ET
Concurrent Session: Latest Efficacy and Safety Studies, Mississippi Hall
Title of Talk: Daily iron supplementation for prevention or treatment of iron deficiency anemia in infants, children and adolescents
This session will describe the latest and most relevant information from randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Subject areas include examining the effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation, lipid nutrient supplements and their effects on maternal and child nutrition; determining ideal thresholds for micronutrient deficiencies and dose responses; understanding the risk of excess from concurrent multiple population interventions and how to maintain complementary supplementation programs; and understanding how micronutrient status may affect immunity, with the gut microbiome as a potential modifier of immune response.
Ximena E. Palma Molina, PhD Candidate
10/20/23, 11:32am CET/ 5:32am US ET
Concurrent Session: Neglected Micronutrients, Mississippi Hall
Title of talk: Vitamin D Status and metabolic health in women of reproductive age in Southern India
This session will shed light on often-overlooked micronutrients of public health concern, with a focus on thiamine, vitamin D, riboflavin, and vitamin B6.
PIN ePosters
ARSENIC EXPOSURE, FOLATE BIOMARKERS, AND POPULATION-BASED RISK OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
WITHIN-HOUSEHOLD IMPACTS OF A NUTRITION-SENSITIVE AGRICULTURE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED IN BANGLADESH
PIN Alumni N4R Session Chairs
Samantha L. Huey, PhD ‘20
10/19/23, 1:45pm CET/ 7:45am US ET
Concurrent Session: Latest Efficacy and Safety Studies, Mississippi Hall
Chair and Moderator
This session will describe the latest and most relevant information from randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Jef Leroy, PhD ‘04
10/18/23, 3:30pm CET/ 9:30pm US ET
Sponsored Symposium: Adolescent nutritional status, dietary intake, and the food environment in Ghana and Vietnam
Chair and Moderator
Congratulations to all PIN alumni, faculty and trainees on their participation in N4R! View the complete list of sessions on the full interactive program.