Newsletter No. 6

IZiNCG resources

Zinc fortification advocacy resource

Call to Action: Addressing zinc deficiency through zinc fortification

Journal publications

Effects of Foods Fortified with Zinc, Alone or Cofortified with Multiple Micronutrients, on Health and Functional Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Enablers and Barriers of Zinc Fortification; Experience from 10 Low- and Middle-Income Countries with Mandatory Large-Scale Food Fortification

New Technical Brief

Comparison of laboratory instrument types for analysis of plasma or serum zinc concentration

Selected blogs

The India CNNS: A monumental survey identifying those most at risk of zinc deficiency

The Global Financing Facility endorses the importance of zinc in diarrhea treatment

IZiNCG is on Twitter and LinkedIn!

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IZiNCG research projects

ZiPT trial: Publications underway

Zinc Supplementation with or without Additional Micronutrients Does Not Affect Peripheral Blood Gene Expression or Serum Cytokine Level in Bangladeshi Children

Multiply-fortified salt study

The formative phase of our study of multiply-fortified salt has been completed. The trial is estimated to start early in the New Year.

Read more on our IZiNCG Research Projects page.

Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative

Journal publication

IZiNCG is represented on the Core Working Group of the Micronutrient Forum’s Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative, and contributed to a publication on increasing the availability and utilization of reliable data on population micronutrient (MN) status globally.

Strategic Plan

The full strategic plan of the Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative can be found here.

Get in touch!

IZiNCG provides technical assistance to organizations and governments on topics such as assessment of zinc status and strategies to address zinc deficiency. Please contact secretariat@izincg.org with your query.

We aim to update our page on recent zinc publications on a monthly basis. Please contact secretariat@izincg.org with news of upcoming publications!