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WEBINAR
FREE
for Members
Addressing Folate, Thiamine, and Vitamin D Deficiencies Globally
Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
The New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St Fl 40, New York
It’s estimated that worldwide, more than 2 billion people and half of all children suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiency. This free half-day symposium will present the conclusions of three expert committees on folate, thiamine, and vitamin D deficiencies. These committees, assembled by the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science and the Micronutrient Forum (hosted by Nutrition International), and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, brought together experts in public health, healthcare, biochemistry, and nutrition programs to discuss the prevalence of deficiency arising from inadequate intakes for each of these micronutrients, the associated disease burden, and solutions to improve micronutrient status in affected populations. The conclusions of each expert committee will be presented at this free symposium and published in Special Issues of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Tuesday
October 30, 2018
12:30 PM
Registration
Introduction
1:00 PM
Welcome remarks
Speaker
Gilles Bergeron, PhD
The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science
1:10 PM
Control of micronutrient deficiencies among women and young children in low and middle income countries
Speaker
Kenneth Brown, MD
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Global prevalence & disease burden of vitamin D deficiency: a roadmap for action in low and middle income countries
1:40 PM
Vitamin D deficiency in low- and middle-income countries: Biomarkers and Clinical Consequences
Speaker
Daniel Roth, MD, PhD
Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
2:05 PM
Vitamin D deficiency in low- and middle-income countries: Prevalence and Interventions
Speaker
Kevin Cashman, PhD
University College Cork
2:30 PM
Coffee break
Thiamine deficiency disorders: diagnosis, prevalence, and a roadmap for global control programs
2:50 PM
Re-Discovering Thiamine
Speaker
Gerald Combs, PhD
Tufts University
3:10 PM
Clinical Considerations on Thiamine Deficiency
Speaker
Aviva Fattal-Valevski, MD
Tel Aviv Medical Center - Tel Aviv University
3:30 PM
Public health interventions to combat thiamine deficiency
Speaker
Kyly Whitfield, PhD
Mount Saint Vincent University
Executing a technical consultation on folate status in women and neural tube defects prevention
3:50 PM
Folate Status in Women: Neural Tube Defect Prevention
Speaker
Lynn Bailey, PhD
University of Georgia
4:15 PM
Implementation of action plan to prevent neural tube defects using folate status to inform folic acid intervention strategy based on outcome of technical consultation
Speaker
Homero Martinez, MD, PhD
Nutrition International
Conclusion
4:40 PM
Programmatic implications
Speaker
Roland Kupka, ScD
UNICEF
5:00 PM