This project is coordinated by IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
NUTRIPASS "Prevention of malnutrition and associated pathologies" department
UMR Nutripass
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Workshop - Training extraction framework and mathemaical models of Optifood
The objective of the workshop was to traine partners from SEA countries on the use of the data extraction Framework and the way to run the mathematical models developped by LSTHM, the Optifood software.
Country-specific data will be compiled, synthesized and reviewed to produce a preliminary report for discussions at the SEA workshop to plan priority actions. Following this workshop a final set of reports is under preparation for dissemination and publication.
These reports will include (a) the nutrient requirements that are most difficult to achieve using local food sources; (b) the costs of achieving specific nutrient requirements, (c) the lowest cost nutritionally optimal diets in relation to household incomes and food insecurity (d) the comparative costs-nutritional benefits of alternative micronutrient interventions for improving micronutrient intakes of high risk populations in SE Asia, and (e) proposed sets of evidence-based, food-based dietary guidelines to improve the micronutrient intakes of high risk populations of WRA and young children in the participating SE Asian countries. These reports will underline the cost-effectiveness of food-based approaches to improve micronutrient status of vulnerable groups in SE Asia and inform fortification/supplementation policies.
Just to make sure of the good recipe: rice noodle in soup made from fish, coconut, vegetables, and 3 pieces of duck blood on the top - Rapid Assessment Survey, June 2012, Lao's PDR
"SMILING for Action", Final dissemination event, 3rd April, Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
The final dissemination event will be organized Thursday 3rd of April 2014, at Sofitel Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. The five national roadmaps of priority interventions to prevent micronutrient deficiencies during the project will be presented to a large audience of stakeholders, policymakers, representatives of International organizations involved in nutrition policies implementation.
Publication on the project in "Food and Nutrition Bulletin"
The SMILING project was the topic of a publication in Food and Nutrition Bulletin , vol. 34, no. 2 (sup.), "The SMILING project: A North–South–South collaborative action to prevent micronutrient deficiencies in women and young children in Southeast Asia" Berger J. et al
SMILING outcomes at the Micronutrient Forum Conference
Two presentations at the Micronutrient Forum Global Conference (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2014) will be about specically SMILING. Many researchers from the project will present outcomes related to the project.
The SMILING project is financially supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (GA: 289616)