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About IVACGEstablished in 1975, the International Vitamin A Consultative Group guides internationalactivities for reducing vitamin A deficiency in the world. IVACG concentrates its efforts onstimulating and disseminating new knowledge, translating that new knowledge to enable itspractical application, and providing authoritative policy statements and recommendationsthat others can use to develop appropriate prevention and control programs.Publications ListIVACG Statement: The Annecy Accords to Assess and Control Vitamin A Deficiency: Summaryof Recommendations and Clarifications (2002)IVACG Statement on Maternal Night Blindness: A New Indicator of Vitamin A Deficiency(2002)Conversion Factors For Vitamin A and Carotenoids (2002)Delivery of Vitamin A Supplements with DPT/Polio and Measles Immunization (2000)Status of the Studies on Vitamin A and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (2000)Combining Vitamin A Distribution with EPI Contacts (2000)The Bioavailability of Dietary Carotenoids: Current Concepts (1999)IVACG Statement on Vitamin A and Iron Interactions (1998)IVACG Statement on Safe Doses of Vitamin A During Pregnancy and Lactation (1998)IVACG Policy Statement on Vitamin A Status and Childhood Mortality (1997)IVACG Statement on Clustering of Xerophthalmia and Vitamin A Deficiency Within Communitiesand Families (1996)IVACG Policy Statement on Vitamin A, Diarrhea, and Measles (1996)Strategic Placement of IVACG in the Evolving Micronutrient Field (1996)A Brief Guide to Current Methods of Assessing Vitamin A Status (1993)Nutrition Communications in Vitamin A Programs: A Resource Book (1992)Vitamin A Supplements: A guide to their use in the treatment and prevention of vitamin Adeficiency and xerophthalmia (published by the World Health Organization in conjunctionwith IVACG and UNICEF, 1988; second edition 1997)The Safe Use of Vitamin A by Women During the Reproductive Years (1986) (Available inEnglish and French)The Symptoms and Signs of Vitamin A Deficiency and Their Relationship to Applied Nutrition(1983) (Available in Spanish only)Biochemical Methodology for the Assessment of Vitamin A Status, and Reprints of SelectedMethods for the Analysis of Vitamin A and Carotenoids in Nutrition Surveys (1982) (2 BOOKSET)The Safe Use of Vitamin A (1980) (Available in English and French)XXI IVACG MEETING 3