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Intervention Strategies

International and national specialists agreed that the use of a single type of intervention will likely be insufficient to solve the problem of anemia and iron deficiency within a single population because different groups have differing iron needs. Stronger consensus is needed on how to appropriately integrate intervention strategies that promote dietary change, initiate food fortification, broaden use of supplementation, and control infections contributing to anemia. Recent international meetings recognize that better program planning that considers all of the major interventions and develops a phased approach to their intervention is important.

 

Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service International Nutrition Foundation Web site: http://www.micronutrient.org/IDPAS Email: idpas@inffoundation.org Phone (1-617) 636-3770 Fax: (1-617) 636-3781 Project Office: 150 Harrison Street, Boston, MA, 02111 Gerald J. & Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University