Guidelines for the Use of Iron Supplements to Prevent and Treat Iron Deficiency Anaemia (International Life Sciences Institute, 1998, 46 p.): About INACG

Guidelines for the Use of Iron Supplements to Prevent and Treat Iron Deficiency Anaemia (International Life Sciences Institute, 1998, 46 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Preface
		Acknowledgments
		About INACG
		Background
		Purpose of These Guidelines
		Overview of Interventions for Controlling Iron Deficiency Anemia
		Selecting and Prioritizing Interventions
		Guidelines for Iron Supplementation to Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia
		Guidelines for Treatment or Referral of Severe Anemia in Primary Care Settings
		From Guidelines to Programs
		Where to Go for More Help and Information
		Selected Bibliography
		Appendix A. Percentage and amount of iron in some commonly used iron compounds
		Appendix B. Examples of materials used in iron supplementation programs
		Appendix C. Addresses and World Wide Web sites for international agencies engaged in the control of iron deficiency anemia
		Appendix D. Some sources of supplements and other supplies for iron supplementation programs

About INACG

The purpose of the International Nutritional Anemia Consultative Group (INACG) is to guide international activities aimed at reducing nutritional anemia in the world. INACG offers consultation and guidance to various operating and donor agencies that are seeking to reduce iron deficiency and other nutritionally preventable anemias. As part of this service, INACG has prepared guidelines and recommendations for:

· assessing the regional distribution and size of nutritional anemia,
· developing intervention strategies and methodologies to combat iron deficiency anemia,
· evaluating the effectiveness of implemented programs on a continuing basis so that evaluation of the effectiveness of intervention techniques is a continuing and dynamic process, and
· performing research needed to support the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of programs.

INACG is dedicated to reducing the prevalence of iron deficiency and other nutritionally preventable anemias worldwide. In fulfilling this mandate, INACG sponsors scientific reviews and convenes task force groups to analyze issues related to etiology, treatment, and prevention of nutritional anemias. The need to examine these issues is acknowledged as being important to the establishment of public policy and action programs. A series of monographs and reports are the result of these task force groups' efforts:

· Guidelines for the Eradication of Iron Deficiency Anemia (1977)
· Iron Deficiency in Infancy and Childhood (1979; available in English, French, and Spanish)
· Iron Deficiency in Women (1981; available in English, French, and Spanish)
· Iron Deficiency and Work Performance (1983)
· Design and Analysis of Iron Supplementation Trials (1984)
· Measurements of Iron Status (1985)
· Guidelines for the Control of Maternal Nutritional Anemia (1989; available in English, French, and Spanish)
· Combating Iron Deficiency Anemia Through Food Fortification Technology: An Action Plan (1992; available in English, French, and Spanish)
· Iron EDTA for Food Fortification (1993)
· Iron Multi-Micronutrient Supplements for Young Children (1997)
· Child Development and Iron Deficiency (1997)
· Iron EDTA for Food Fortification (Fact Sheet; 1997)

Single copies of these reports are available free of charge to developing countries and for $3.50 (U.S.) to developed countries. Copies are available from the INACG Secretariat:

INACG Secretariat
ILSI Research Foundation
1126 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036 (USA)