Write a report on the measures that should be taken to overcome anaemia problem in devolping countries ?
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Professor Umesh Kapil (Chairperson), Head, Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India; Dr Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MRC Human Immunology Unit,
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Dr Renuka
Jayatissa, Head, Department of Nutrition, Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka; Dr Ajay Khera,
Deputy Commissioner (Child Health & Immunization), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New
Delhi, India;Dr Maria de las Nieves Garcia-Casal Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research,
Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Center for Experimental Medicine Center Altos de Pipe, Venezuela;
Dr Pattanee Winichagoon, Associate Professor, Community/International Nutrition Institute of
Nutrition, Mahidol University Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; Dr Napaphan Viriyautsahakul,
Director , Bureau of Nutrition, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi,
Thailand, Dr May Khin Than, Director National Nutrition Centre, Department of Public Health,
Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar; Dr Toto Sudargo, Lecturer and Researcher, Chairman of
Nutrition Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gajahmada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Mr Raj
Kumar Pokharel, Senior Public Health Administrator, Child, Nutrition Section, Child Health
Division, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal; Dr Tappan
Kumar Biswas, Ministry of Health, Bangladesh (special invitee).
Partners
Ms Susmita Das , Deputy Regional Director , Micronutrient Initiative, B – 28, Second Floor, Tara
Crescent Qutab Institutional Area , New Delhi, India; Ms Jee Hyun Rah, Nutrition Specialist, Child
Development and Nutrition, UNICEF; Mr Alok Ranjan, Nutrition Expert, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, New Delhi , India; Dr Shariqua Yunus (representing Dr Katrien Ghoos, Senior
Regional Nutrition Advisor, Regional Bureau Bangkok, World Food Programme, Bangkok.
WHO Secretariat
Dr Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, Director, Non-Communicable Diseases and Environmental Health
(NDE) , WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi; Dr Neena Raina, Coordinator-HLC,
WHO/SEARO; Dr Lisa Rogers, Technical Officer, Evidence and Programme Guidance, Nutrition for
Health and Development, WHO/HQ; Dr Angela De Silva, Regional Adviser, Nutrition for Health and
Development (NHD), WHO-SEARO; Dr Rajesh Mehta, Medical Officer-CAH, WHO/SEARO; Ms Faria
Shabnam, NPO (Nutrition), WHO Bangladesh; Ms Rachita Gupta, NPO (Nutrition), WHO India; Dr
Sugeng Eko Irianto, NPO (Nutrition), WHO Indonesia.