Fortification of Vegetable oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda

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This assessment was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of Cooperative Agreement No. GHS- A-00-05-00012-00. The contents are the responsibility of the Academy for Educational Development, and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary I. Introduction A. Vitamin A Deficiency in Uganda B. Food Fortification in Uganda C. Accelerating the Pace of Fortification: Toward a More Evidence-based Approach II. Justification for Fortifying Oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda A. Food Consumption Data: The Gold Standard to Identify Food Vehicles and Propose Fortification Levels B. An Opportunity to Complement and to Keep Updated the Food consumption Pattern in the Country: The HIES Surveys. III. The Public Sector Role in Fortification A. Introduction and Overview B. The Public Regulatory System 1. The National Working Group on Food Fortification 2. The Ugandan National Bureau of Standards, UNBS 3. National Drug Authority, NDA 4. The Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) Analytical Laboratory 5. The Ministry of Health/Department of Inspection and Certification IV. Uganda’s Vegetable Oil Supply and Vegetable Oil Fortification A. Vegetable Oil Production B. The Vegetable Oil and Fat Industry C. Conclusion about the Ugandan Vegetable Oil Market and its Fortification Prospects D. Vegetable and Fat Fortification E. The Cost of Fortifying Vegetable Oil F. Alternative Fortification Cost Measures: Considering the Consumer’s Perspective V. The Public Health Attraction of Fortified Ugandan Sugar A. Sugar Fortification Prospects B. Key Characteristics of the Ugandan Sugar Industry and Market C. Differences in the Ugandan Sugar Companies D. The Changing Ugandan Sugar Market E. Conclusions about the Sugar Industry’s Current Situation and Attitude Toward Fortification F. The Cost of Fortifying Sugar i
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The data suggest that an important
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C. Governmental Investment Both oil
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A secondary audience of this study
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Terms of Reference For One or Two U
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Annex 2: Household Income and Expen
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This can be useful information for
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Annex 3: Adult Consumption Equivale
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Annex 4 UIRI Analytical Laboratory
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Annex 5 The GAIN/Uganda Grant One a
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Annex 6: Comments of What is Not In
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