Global and Public Health Nutrition
Population Science
Parminder Suchdev, MD, MPH (he/him/his)
Professor of Pediatrics and Global Health
Emory University
DPO, Armed Forces - AA, United States
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Leila Larson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Amat Bah, PhD (he/him/his)
Executive Director
Gambian National Nutrition Agency [NaNA]
Banjul, Western, Gambia, The
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Michael Bode, PhD (he/him/his)
Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Maria Garcia-Casal, PhD, RDN
Scientist
World Health Organization
Genève 27, Geneve, Switzerland
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Leila Larson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS, PhD, MPH (he/him/his)
Acting Deputy Director, Laboratory Head
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Disclosure(s): CSL-Vifor: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
ITL Biomedical: Consultant (Ongoing)
Silence Therapeutics: Royalties or Patent Beneficiary (Ongoing)
World Health Organization: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing); Consultant (Ongoing); Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
Anemia is a major public health problem with important health consequences, particularly in women and children. However, there has been little progress towards achieving global targets for anemia reduction over the past decades. For instance, prevention and treatment of anemia was included in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2012 with the intention of reducing anemia by 50% in women of reproductive age by 2030. Yet, between 2000 and 2019, global estimates of anemia decreased only slightly from 30.7% to 29.6% in non-pregnant women and 40.9% to 36.5% in pregnant women. Important emerging work has highlighted the need to re-examine the utility of the current anemia reduction targets, how anemia is defined and diagnosed, and what interventions can be most effective to reduce anemia and reach the SDG goal. In this symposium, we will showcase emerging frontiers in anemia epidemiology, assessment, and interventions.
Chair: Parminder Suchdev, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Emory University
Speaker: Michael Bode, PhD (he/him/his) – Queensland University of Technology
Speaker: Maria Nieves Garcia-Casal, PhD, RDN – World Health Organization
Speaker: Leila M. Larson, PhD – University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
Speaker: Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Speaker: Amat Bah, PhD (he/him/his) – Gambian National Nutrition Agency [NaNA]
Chair: Leila M. Larson, PhD – University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
Chair: Parminder Suchdev, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Emory University
Speaker: Michael Bode, PhD (he/him/his) – Queensland University of Technology
Speaker: Maria Nieves Garcia-Casal, PhD, RDN – World Health Organization
Speaker: Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Speaker: Amat Bah, PhD (he/him/his) – Gambian National Nutrition Agency [NaNA]