Though the health benefits of fortification are well documented, recent research has begun to evaluate the benefits of fortification from the public health and economics perspective. A ealth economics model can be used to evaluate the economic effectiveness of micronutrient fortification strategies, including cost-of-illness and burden-of-disease studies. This
approach is currently being applied in the Philippines, where the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies (iron, vitamin A, zinc) [9] in children aged 6–23 months and 24–59 months in the lower socio-economic strata leads to substantial costs (fig. 2). The costs for these eficiencies in the Philippines amount to medical costs of USD 30 million, production losses of USD 618 million and the intangible costs of 4,000 complete life spans (in DALYs – disability-adjusted life year) [10]
Though the health benefits of fortification are well documented, recent research has begun to evaluate the benefits of fortification from the public health and economics perspective. A ealth economics model can be used to evaluate the economic effectiveness of micronutrient fortification strategies, including cost-of-illness and burden-of-disease studies. This approach is currently being applied in the Philippines, where the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies (iron, vitamin A, zinc) [9] in children aged 6–23 months and 24–59 months in the lower socio-economic strata leads to substantial costs (fig. 2). The costs for these eficiencies in the Philippines amount to medical costs of USD 30 million, production losses of USD 618 million and the intangible costs of 4,000 complete life spans (in DALYs – disability-adjusted life year) [10]
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