Implementing and Evaluating Micronutrient Supplementation Interventions in Low and Middle Income Countries
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Micronutrients and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: research synthesis; implementation research; maternal, child, and newborn survival and health; micronutrient deficiencies; adolescent and reproductive health; displaced, marginalized, and refugee populations; global health
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: causes of child death, infectious diseases, zinc, and other micronutrient deficiencies; maternal and child undernutrition; evaluation of maternal and child health programs; implementation research; global health
Interests: maternal and child health; child growth and development; early life interventions; micronutrient deficiencies; implementation science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Improving the coverage of micronutrient interventions in LMICs is urgent, given the persistent problem of maternal and child undernutrition combined with environment risks such as climate change and political unrest.
Decades of efficacious and effective research has demonstrated the safety and impact of micronutrient interventions in LMICs, with significant impacts on micronutrient deficiencies and improved birth outcomes. Many of these interventions have now been scaled up in different geographies through different delivery models.
While there is global recognition that these interventions are efficacious, many unanswered questions exist about how to effectively deliver and scale them across different contexts. Implementation research, with its methods and tools, can help identify, address, and resolve policy and implementation challenges impacting the coverage of micronutrient interventions.
Following a summary of the evidence, this Special Issue welcomes papers that document systematic approaches used to improve the implementation and impact of micronutrient policies, programs, and interventions.
Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Prof. Dr. Robert E. Black
Dr. Kristen Hurley
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anemia
- iron
- folate
- Vitamin A
- micronutrient deficiencies
- multiple micronutrient supplements
- maternal nutrition
- child nutrition
- implementation research
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