Action Plan for the Provision of Vitamins and Minerals to the Tanzanian Population through the Enrichment of Staple Foods

Action Plan for the Provision of Vitamins and Minerals to the Tanzanian Population through the Enrichment of Staple Foods

The United Republic of Tanzania has a severe vitamin and mineral deficiency problem. Every year deficiencies in iron, vitamin A and folic acid cost the country over US$ 518 million, around 2.65 % of the country's GDP. Beyond the economic losse...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Agricultural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADOLESCENTS ADULT POPULATION AGED AGRICULTURE ANAEMIA ANEMIA ANEMIA PREVALENCE ANIMAL FOODS ANTENATAL CARE ANTENATAL VISITS ASCORBIC ACID BABIES BAKING BANANAS BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH DEFECTS BLINDNESS BREAST MILK BREASTFEEDING CALCIUM CASSAVA CHILD DEATHS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FOODS COOKING DEVELOPMENT GOALS DIET DIETARY DIVERSIFICATION DIETS DISABILITIES DISCRIMINATION EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC STATUS EDIBLE OILS FAMILIES FATS FEEDING FEEDING PROGRAMMES FLOUR PRODUCTION FOLIC ACID FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONTROL FOOD ENRICHMENT FOOD FORTIFICATION FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INSPECTION FOOD PREPARATION FOOD PROCESSORS FOOD PRODUCERS FOOD QUALITY FOOD SCIENCE FORTIFIED FOODS FRUITS GENDER EQUALITY GOITER GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RETARDATION HAZARD HC HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HIV HIV/AIDS HORMONES HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUNGER HYPERTENSION HYPOTHYROIDISM IFPRI IMR INFANT INFANT DEATHS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INFECTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERVENTION INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCIES IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY CONTROL IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON IRON DEFICIENCY IRON SUPPLEMENTS LABOR FORCE LACK OF AWARENESS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MAIZE MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN MARGARINE MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEAL MEASLES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT INTERVENTIONS MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENTS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MILLING INDUSTRY MILLS MINERAL MINERALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL STRATEGY NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS NTDS NUTRIENT NUTRIENT CONTENT NUTRIENT INTAKE NUTRITION NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION PROBLEMS NUTRITION SURVEYS NUTRITIONAL STATUS PATIENTS PERINATAL MORTALITY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF ACTION POPULATION DATA POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION PROJECTIONS POTASSIUM PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANCY OUTCOMES PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PRESS CONFERENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL RADIO REFINERY RISK FACTORS RISK GROUPS RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATIONS SALT IODIZATION SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL CHILDREN SCREENING SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL WELFARE SODIUM SOFT DRINKS STAPLE FOODS STUNTING SUGAR TUBERCULOSIS TV URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VEGETABLES VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCIES VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS VITAMIN B VITAMIN B12 VITAMIN C VITAMIN D VITAMIN E VITAMINS VULNERABLE GROUPS WFP WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WORKFORCE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WORLD FOOD SUMMIT WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN YOUNG CHILDREN ZINC DEFICIENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16408192/action-plan-provision-vitamins-minerals-tanzanian-population-through-enrichment-staple-foods http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12878

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Summary:	The United Republic of Tanzania has a severe vitamin and mineral deficiency problem. Every year deficiencies in iron, vitamin A and folic acid cost the country over US$ 518 million, around 2.65 % of the country's GDP. Beyond the economic losses, vitamin and mineral deficiencies are a significant contributor to infant mortality, with over 27,000 infant and 1,600 maternal deaths annually attributable to this cause.2 In fact, if all of these deaths could be avoided, the infant mortality rate (IMR) in Tanzania could be reduced to 41.5 per 1,000 population, which would virtually ensure achievement of the MDG goal for IMR (40/1,000). To reduce this huge annual loss, an integrated national vitamin and mineral deficiency control programme is needed which is embedded in the national nutrition policy. Food fortification or enrichment should be an integral but not the only part of such a programme.

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