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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
NEWSLETTER 2/2006 55 SIGHT AND LIFE Scientific Program, Session 2: Prevalence, Interventions, and Economy Moderators: Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Boston (USA); Venkatesh Mannar, Toronto (CAN) 14:30 – 14:45 Worldwide Prevalence of Anemia – Erin McLean, Geneva (CH); Ines Egli, Zurich (CH); Bruno de Benoist, Geneva (CH) 14:45 – 15:00 Strategies to Fight Nutritional Anemia – Martin Bloem, Rome (I); Regina Moench-Pfanner, Geneva (CH); Richard Semba, Baltimore (USA) 15:00 – 15:15 Successful Approaches with Sprinkles - Stanley Zlotkin, Toronto (CAN) 15:15 – 15:30 Technical Aspects of Programs – Omar Dary, Washington (US) 15:30 – 15:45 Safety of Interventions – Noel Solomons, Guatemala City (GUA); Klaus Schümann, Munich (DE) 15:45 – 16:00 Economic Impact of Anemia and Cost Effectiveness of Interventions – Harold Alderman, Meera Shekar, Washington (USA); Sue Horton, Waterloo (CAN) 16:00 – 16:15 Global Perspectives – Ian Darnton-Hill, New York (USA); Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza, Manila (PHI) 16:15 - 16:45 Coffee and Tea 16:45 – 18:00 Discussion 18:00 – 18:15 Summary – Klaus Kraemer, Basel (CH); Michael B. Zimmermann, Zurich (CH) The SIGHT AND LIFE art gallery We still have some of the posters presented in the Newsletter 2/2004 on pp. 50–51. Printable PDFs are on our website at (http://sightandlife. org/poSALartGal/aasalpo.html) A new issue of the SIGHT AND LIFE CD The updated CD with almost the complete content of the our website is in preparation. It will be dated of August 2006. As the capacity of the disc is limited, some adjustments were needed, and the new CD does not replace the older ones, which may contain objects such as the movies or some pictures in higher resolution. The new CD will be available soon from SIGHT AND LIFE. www.sightandlife.org
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