Micronutrients

• General
• Iodine
• Iron
• Vitamin A

General Topics

• Improving nutrition and reproductive health : the importance of micronutrient nutrition  Prepared for the MicroNutrient Initiative this paper outlines the critical role of micronutrients in maternal nutrition
• At a Glance Factsheets:  Adolescent Nutrition | School Health

Iodine

• Current Iodine Deficiency Disorders Status Database: Select a region to get prevalence rates
• Frequently Asked Questions on Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)
• Large Scale Production of Salt Fortified with Iodine and Iron
• An Analysis of Combating Iodine Deficiency: (World Bank) Case Studies of China, Indonesia and Madagascar

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Iron

• Anemia at a glance factsheet
• Anemia, Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia,   ILSI, March 2002
• Galloway R.  Anemia Prevention and Control: What Works  Part 1 | Part 2.  September 2003
• Women's perceptions of iron deficiency anemia and prevention and control in eight developing countries,  Social Science and Medicine, August 2002.
• INACG Symposium: Why Iron is important and what to do about it? A New Perspective. ILSI, March 2002
• Issues in Programming for Maternal Anemia, Sep 2000, Mother Care
• Guidelines for the Use of Iron Supplements to prevent and treat Iron Deficiency Anemia  (INACG, 46 pages)
• Child Development and Iron Deficiency 
• Safety of Iron Supplementation in Malaria Endemic Regions, INACG Consensus Statement

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Vitamin A

• Global Vitamin A Initiative , A Strategy for Acceleration of Progress in Combating Vitamin A deficiency, UNICEF, 12 pages
• Global Vitamin A Initiative, Factsheet by UNICEF
• Childhood Mortality: Impact and Costs of Integrating Vitamin A Supplementationinto Immunization Campaigns
• Safe Doses of Vitamin A during Pregnancy and Lactation: IVACG Statement
• Combining Vitamin A Distribution with EPI Contacts: A Report of an International Vitamin A Consultative Group (IVACG) Task Force. Publisher: IVACG, April 2000
  

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