It’s finally time for Micronutrient Forum 2020 aka CONNECTED! IZiNCG’s symposium Advancing efforts to improve zinc nutrition globally will be available on demand.
We are grateful for the hard work our colleagues at the Micronutrient Forum have put into making this conference possible as a state-of-the-art virtual conference from November 9 -13. The program is available here.
IZiNCG’s symposium is available on demand under sponsored sessions. In this symposium, you can enjoy the following presentations:
Introduction and overview of IZiNCG (Christine McDonald, University of California, San Francisco)
Assessment of zinc status: Recent developments and opportunities for action (Kenneth Brown , University of California, Davis)
Preventive zinc supplementation for young children: key findings from the Zinc in Powders Trial (Munirul Islam, icddr,b)
Zinc interventions during pregnancy (Nancy Krebs, University of Colorado, Denver)
Progress in the use of therapeutic zinc as part of diarrhea treatment (Felix Lam, Clinton Health Access Initiative)
Concluding remarks (Christine McDonald, University of California San Francisco)
IZiNCG’s virtual booth is up and running and will be available throughout the conference. In this space, you can download resources, contact us with questions and request a video chat. We hope to “see” many of you there!