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Infopoint on SMILING, Brussels
From science to policy: how to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiencies in South-East Asia
Outcomes of the EU FP7 SMILING project and the way forward
Smiling: Using innovative techniques for capacity building while also providing scientific evidence for policy making to improve micronutrient status in South-East Asia (Cambodia - Indonesia - Laos PDR -Thailand – Vietnam).
Lunch-time conference, 12h30-14h00
Introduction
•Mr Pedro CAMPOS-LLOPIS Policy Officer, DEVCO C1, Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition
•Mrs Alexandra TUIJTELAARS Project Officer, DG Research and Innovation, F3 Agri-food chain
Presentation
•Dr. Maiza CAMPOS PONCE Assistant Professor, VU University Amsterdam
•Dr. Elaine FERGUSON Senior Lecturer, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
"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)