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 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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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-01
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12878
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