This project is coordinated by IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
NUTRIPASS "Prevention of malnutrition and associated pathologies" department
UMR Nutripass
BP 64501
911, avenue Agropolis
34394 Montpellier Cedex
FRANCE
Jacques BERGER , Coordinator
Gentiane BLANCHARD , Manager
Tel : + 33 (0)4 67 41 63 67
Fax: + 33 (0)4 67 41 61 57
General Objective
To provide (by the end of the two-year project) each South-East Asian country implicated in the project a prioritized list of the most acceptable, pragmatic, feasible, integrated and sustainable strategies to prevent micronutrient deficiencies in women in reproductive age and young children to be implemented with success according to their specific context.
Each strategy will indicate the degree of implication of the different stakeholders and the human, administrative and financial means to be invested, as well as the expected outcomes. These outcomes will inform policy makers not only on expected improvements in micronutrient status of women of reproductive age and young children, but also on overall health (short and long-term) benefits, development (social, language, cognitive and motor development) and cost-benefits.
The country-specific list of recommendations will follow the EU working paper on Reformed Nutrition Leadership in emphasizing the importance of the “Three Ones”: One framework; One National coordinating authority and One National Monitoring and Evaluation system.
Beyond this objective, the project will allow the definition of generic guidelines that would serve the whole of Asia with evidence-based interventions to be adapted to the specific conditions of each country.
"SMILING for Action", Final dissemination event, 3rd April, Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
The final dissemination event will be organized Thursday 3rd of April 2014, at Sofitel Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. The five national roadmaps of priority interventions to prevent micronutrient deficiencies during the project will be presented to a large audience of stakeholders, policymakers, representatives of International organizations involved in nutrition policies implementation.
Publication on the project in "Food and Nutrition Bulletin"
The SMILING project was the topic of a publication in Food and Nutrition Bulletin , vol. 34, no. 2 (sup.), "The SMILING project: A North–South–South collaborative action to prevent micronutrient deficiencies in women and young children in Southeast Asia" Berger J. et al
SMILING outcomes at the Micronutrient Forum Conference
Two presentations at the Micronutrient Forum Global Conference (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2014) will be about specically SMILING. Many researchers from the project will present outcomes related to the project.
The SMILING project is financially supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (GA: 289616)