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Accelerating Action on Micronutrient Deficiencies and Their Consequences, Including Spina Bifida: Delivering on WHA 76.19 through Large-Scale Food Fortification

In 2023, the WHA passed WHA 76.19, “Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects, through safe and effective food fortification.” This event intends to mobilize action and attention to large-scale food fortification, one year before the first implementation report is due.

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6:00 pm - 8:30 pm CEST
UNICEF Geneva Office, International Labour Organization Building 4 route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 22

Organizer

The Governments of Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt, Pakistan, and the Philippines with the Food Fortification Initiative, Future Fortified, G4 Alliance, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Global Alliance for Prevention of Spina Bifida, International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Iodine Global Network, Micronutrient Forum, Nutrition International, UNICEF, and WFP