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SIGHT AND LIFE 54
NEWSLETTER 2/2006
SIGHT AND LIFE Workshop
Nutritional Anemia
Anemia is a major health concern
in developing countries as well
as in the developed world. It impairs
growth and development,
cognition and immune function,
as well as school and work performance.
Anemia affects more
than two billion people worldwide,
and has a negative impact
on economic growth, particularly
in low-income countries. Only
about half of anemia is thought
to be related to iron deficiency;
other micronutrient deficiencies
such as vitamin A, vitamin C, B-
vitamins, zinc and copper as well
as infections and undernutrition
also play a crucial role. Guidelines
for supplementation and food
fortification to address anemia
usually focus on iron and folic
acid, however. On this account,
we feel that it is timely to highlight
all contributing factors in a workshop
on Nutritional Anemia.
Top international experts from different
fields related to Nutritional
Anemia have agreed to make
presentations to the workshop.
The satellite workshop is being
organized by Klaus Kraemer
(SIGHT AND LIFE, Basel) and
Michael B. Zimmermann (Swiss
Scientific Program, Session 1:
Physiology, Metabolism, and Interactions
Moderators: James Cook, Kansas City (USA);
John Scott, Dublin (IRL)
08:30 – 08:40 Welcome – Klaus Kraemer, Basel (CH); Michael B. Zimmermann,
Zurich (CH)
08:40 – 09:00 Introduction – Venkatesh Mannar, Toronto (CAN);
James Cook, Kansas City (USA); Nevin S. Scrimshaw,
Boston (USA)
09:00 – 09:15 Iron Metabolism – Sean Lynch, Norfolk (USA)
09:15 – 09:30 Bioavailability of Iron Forms and Enhancers – Richard
Hurrell, Ines Egli, Zurich (CH)
09:30 – 09:45 Copper and Zinc Interactions in Anemia: a Public
Health Perspective – Ricardo Uauy, London (UK)
09:45 – 10:00 Folate, Vitamin B12 and other B-Vitamins – John Scott,
Dublin (IRL)
10:00 – 10:15 Vitamin A – Keith P. West, Alfred Sommer, Baltimore
(USA)
10:15 – 10:30 Vitamin E and other Antioxidants – Maret G. Traber,
Corvallis (USA)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee and Tea
11:00 – 11:15 Interactions of Micronutrients – Michael B. Zimmermann,
Zurich (CH)
11:15 – 11:30 Protein Energy Malnutrition – Alan Jackson, Southampton
(UK)
11:30 – 11:45 Effect of Infections on Nutritional Anemia – David
Thurnham, Coleraine (UK)
11:45 – 12:00 Diagnosis of Anemia – Hans-Konrad Biesalski, Hohenheim
(DE); Jürgen Erhardt, Jakarta (IND)
12:00 – 13:00 Discussion
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
Federal Institute of Technology,
Zurich). It will be held at the Barcelona
Hilton Hotel on 27 September
2006, the day before the
opening of the I World Congress
of Public Health Nutrition, Barcelona,
28–30 September 2006
(http://www.nutrition2006.com).
The Nutritional Anemia workshop
is planned to correspond closely
with the Congress of Public
Health Nutrition, and thus to provide
a forum for networking and
alliance building. The workshop
on Nutritional Anemia is an open
event for those interested in gaining
insight into the latest developments
in this topic area.
The proceedings of the workshop
will be published early next year.
We expect this publication to be
highly authoritative and provide
expert guidance on the prevention
and treatment of Nutritional
Anemia.
The workshop and publication
will be sponsored by SIGHT AND
LIFE, Basel (www.sightandlife.
org). In focusing on Nutritional
Anemia SIGHT AND LIFE is
pursuing its new mission of addressing
multiple micronutrient
deficiencies (hidden hunger) related
to important health issues
in developing countries.
For registration please contact
SIGHT AND LIFE, PO Box 2116,
4002 Basel, Switzerland. Email:
abc@sightandlife.org
SIGHT AND LIFE Workshop Nutritional
Anemia
Venue: Hilton Barcelona, 27 September
2006
Organizers: Klaus Kraemer,
SIGHT AND LIFE, Basel, and
Michael B. Zimmermann, Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology,
Zürich