About the Program
Contributing CDC's skills and resources to the global effort in eliminating micronutrient malnutrition
 Photo: Jim Stipe, Lutheran World Relief |
Background
In fiscal years 2000 and 2002, Congress gave funds for The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to join the global effort to eliminate micronutrient deficiencies. CDC's IMMPaCt Program committed to work with partners such as United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and others to aid countries in building national capacity to eliminate micronutrient deficiencies. Support includes funding and technical expertise for surveillance systems to monitor the impact of interventions.
IMMPaCt Program Action Plan
The IMMPaCt Program is implemented by different Centers within CDC. The Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity is responsible for the management and coordination of this program.
Goals
- Strengthen the abilities and skills of nations to assess and monitor the level of micronutrient deficiencies.
- Assist governments and private and civic organizations to implement monitoring systems and assess the process and impact of intervention programs.
- Support the design and implementation of micronutrient communications and advocacy.
- Strengthen current, and create new, partnerships to support micronutrient interventions at the global and national levels.
Program Objectives
- Build knowledge and ability to assess and monitor the elimination of micronutrient malnutrition
- Support expansion and evaluation of micronutrient deficiency interventions
- Assist and guide the planning of effective micronutrient communication and advocacy
- Strengthen global micronutrient laboratory capacity
- Conduct and support applied research related to micronutrient deficiencies
- Develop and strengthen partnerships among public, private, academic, and non-governmental organizations
Progress
In collaboration with different partners, IMMPaCt has supported a number of projects in various countries since the year 2000. Examples of these projects include
- Two regional training workshops for 18 countries assisted by the
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of WHO.
- CD Rom-based training tools on micronutrient program planning (MAPit),
micronutrient cluster survey methods (RightSize), and micronutrient
communication (Micronutrient CDCynergy).
- Funding and technical assistance in planning and implementation of a
national micronutrient survey in Malawi.
- Funding and technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in
Nicaragua for developing and implementing a national
integrated surveillance system to monitor nutrition interventions;
such as improving iodine,
vitamin A and iron nutrition.
- Partial funding to assess the effectiveness of delivering
anti-lymphatic filariasis drug (diethyl carbamizine or DEC) using
iodized salt in Guyana.
- Funding and technical assistance to develop a global laboratory
network (the International Resource Laboratories for Iodine Network),
which functions to strengthen the monitoring component of national and
regional level programs for the sustained elimination of iodine
deficiency.
- Funding for a review of lessons learned from micronutrient
intervention programs in selected countries in Southeast Asia.
For a more detailed description of projects please visit our IMMPaCt Projects and Tools section.
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Page last updated: May 22, 2007
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion