TY - JOUR
T1 - Executive summary for the Micronutrient Powders Consultation
T2 - Lessons Learned for Operational Guidance
AU - Nyhus Dhillon, Christina
AU - Sarkar, Danya
AU - Klemm, Rolf D.W.
AU - Neufeld, Lynnette M.
AU - Rawat, Rahul
AU - Tumilowicz, Alison
AU - Namaste, Sorrel M.L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research presented herein is made possible through the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of Cooperative Agreement AID‐OAA‐A‐11‐00031 (SPRING), managed by the John Snow Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI). The contents of this paper are the responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. We would like to thank the authors and participants of the MNP Consultation, as well as interviewees, for their time and effort in sharing and documenting their experiences. We would also like to thank the following: Omar Dary (USAID) for helping conceptualize the consultation and providing guidance and feedback; Anuradha Narayan (SPRING) for helping with the early design of the consultation; Teemar Fisseha and Sarah Thornton (SPRING) for supporting the literature review; Jeniece Alvey (USAID) for her feedback; and Stanley Zlotkin, Saskia de Pee, Roland Kupka, Dominic Schofield, and Ruth Situma who provided early comments on the consultation’s objectives.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Maternal and Child Nutrition Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Iron deficiency anaemia is estimated to be the leading cause of years lived with disability among children. Young children's diets are often inadequate in iron and other micronutrients, and provision of essential vitamin and minerals has long been recommended. With the limited programmatic success of iron drop/syrup interventions, interest in micronutrient powders (MNP) has increased. MNP are a mixture of vitamins and minerals, enclosed in single-dose sachets, which are stirred into a child's portion of food immediately before consumption. MNP are an efficacious intervention for reducing iron deficiency anaemia and filling important nutrient gaps in children 6–23 months of age. As of 2014, 50 countries have implemented MNP programmes including 9 at a national level. This paper provides an overview of a 3-paper series, based on findings from the “Micronutrient Powders Consultation: Lessons Learned for Operational Guidance” held by the USAID-funded Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project. The objectives of the Consultation were to identify and summarize the most recent MNP programme experiences and lessons learned for operationalizing MNP for young children and prioritize an implementation research agenda. The Consultation was composed of 3 working groups that used the following methods: deliberations among 49 MNP programme implementers and experts, a review of published and grey literature, questionnaires, and key informant interviews, described in this overview. The following articles summarize findings in 3 broad programme areas: planning, implementation, and continual programme improvement. The papers also outline priorities for implementation research to inform improved operationalization of MNP.
AB - Iron deficiency anaemia is estimated to be the leading cause of years lived with disability among children. Young children's diets are often inadequate in iron and other micronutrients, and provision of essential vitamin and minerals has long been recommended. With the limited programmatic success of iron drop/syrup interventions, interest in micronutrient powders (MNP) has increased. MNP are a mixture of vitamins and minerals, enclosed in single-dose sachets, which are stirred into a child's portion of food immediately before consumption. MNP are an efficacious intervention for reducing iron deficiency anaemia and filling important nutrient gaps in children 6–23 months of age. As of 2014, 50 countries have implemented MNP programmes including 9 at a national level. This paper provides an overview of a 3-paper series, based on findings from the “Micronutrient Powders Consultation: Lessons Learned for Operational Guidance” held by the USAID-funded Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project. The objectives of the Consultation were to identify and summarize the most recent MNP programme experiences and lessons learned for operationalizing MNP for young children and prioritize an implementation research agenda. The Consultation was composed of 3 working groups that used the following methods: deliberations among 49 MNP programme implementers and experts, a review of published and grey literature, questionnaires, and key informant interviews, described in this overview. The following articles summarize findings in 3 broad programme areas: planning, implementation, and continual programme improvement. The papers also outline priorities for implementation research to inform improved operationalization of MNP.
KW - complementary feeding
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - infant and child nutrition
KW - iron deficiency anaemia
KW - micronutrients
KW - programming
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U2 - 10.1111/mcn.12493
DO - 10.1111/mcn.12493
M3 - Article
C2 - 28960876
AN - SCOPUS:85030253769
SN - 1740-8695
VL - 13
JO - Maternal and Child Nutrition
JF - Maternal and Child Nutrition
M1 - e12493
ER -