World health assembly resolution for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and associated neural tube defects—A case study of global partnerships for a successful resolution adoption

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q4 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Birth Defects Research Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI:10.1002/bdr2.2375

Vijaya Kancherla

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Abstract

Background

On May 29, 2023, the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) unanimously adopted the resolution entitled, “Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects, through safe and effective food fortification.” The Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention published their resolution in 2015 supporting mandatory fortification of staple foods with folic acid and recommendations aiming to achieve global total prevention of folate-sensitive spina bifida and anencephaly, setting a goal to achieve by the year 2024. The WHA resolution provides another global push for the cause, with recommendations to member nations for food fortification to be achieved by the year 2030.

Methods

This short communication documents the steps, from inception up to the passage, of the 76th WHA resolution on food fortification, with a narrative on the nature of strategic advocacy efforts by multiple governmental and nongovernmental organizations.

Results

WHA resolutions can take many years to be introduced and passed by the assembly; however, this is a case study of the swiftness of the process enabled by powerful global partnership.

Conclusion

The documentation of this process serves as an example for developing and processing future WHA resolutions aiming to improve global maternal and child health.

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世界卫生大会关于预防微量营养素缺乏症和相关神经管缺陷的决议--成功通过决议的全球伙伴关系案例研究。

背景：2023年5月29日，第76届世界卫生大会（WHA）一致通过了题为 "加快努力，通过安全有效的食品营养强化，预防微量营养素缺乏及其后果，包括脊柱裂和其他神经管缺陷 "的决议。出生缺陷研究和预防协会于 2015 年发布决议，支持在主食中强制添加叶酸，并建议在全球范围内全面预防叶酸敏感性脊柱裂和无脑畸形，设定了到 2024 年实现这一目标。世界卫生大会（WHA）的决议为这项事业提供了另一个全球推动力，建议成员国在 2030 年之前实现食品营养强化：这篇短文记录了第76届世界卫生大会关于食品营养强化的决议从开始到通过的各个步骤，并对多个政府和非政府组织的战略宣传工作的性质进行了叙述：结果：世界卫生大会决议的提出和通过可能需要多年时间；然而，这是一个案例研究，通过强大的全球伙伴关系，该过程得以迅速完成：结论：这一过程的文件记录为今后制定和处理旨在改善全球孕产妇和儿童健康的世界卫生大会决议提供了范例。

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Birth Defects Research Medicine-Embryology

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

9.50%

发文量

153

期刊介绍： The journal Birth Defects Research publishes original research and reviews in areas related to the etiology of adverse developmental and reproductive outcome. In particular the journal is devoted to the publication of original scientific research that contributes to the understanding of the biology of embryonic development and the prenatal causative factors and mechanisms leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes, namely structural and functional birth defects, pregnancy loss, postnatal functional defects in the human population, and to the identification of prenatal factors and biological mechanisms that reduce these risks. Adverse reproductive and developmental outcomes may have genetic, environmental, nutritional or epigenetic causes. Accordingly, the journal Birth Defects Research takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach in its organization and publication strategy. The journal Birth Defects Research contains separate sections for clinical and molecular teratology, developmental and reproductive toxicology, and reviews in developmental biology to acknowledge and accommodate the integrative nature of research in this field. Each section has a dedicated editor who is a leader in his/her field and who has full editorial authority in his/her area.