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: n assessing the regional distribution and size of nutritional anemia, n developing intervention strategies and methodologies to combat iron deficiency anemia, n 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 n 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: n Guidelines for the Eradication of Iron Deficiency Anemia (1977) n Iron Deficiency in Infancy and Childhood (1979; available in English, French, and Spanish) n Iron Deficiency in Women (1981; available in English, French, and Spanish) n Iron Deficiency and Work Performance (1983) n Design and Analysis of Iron Supplementation Trials (1984) n Measurements of Iron Status (1985) n Guidelines for the Control of Maternal Nutritional Anemia (1989; available in English, French, and Spanish) n Combating Iron Deficiency Anemia Through Food Fortification Technology: An Action Plan (1992; available in English, French, and Spanish) n Iron EDTA for Food Fortification (1993)
n Iron Multi-Micronutrient Supplements for Young Children (1997) n Child Development and Iron Deficiency (1997) n Iron EDTA for Food Fortification (Fact Sheet; 1997)