M anintain an awareness that many public health related issues are affected by politics. When attempting to collaborate with food producers, acknowledge the barriers to collaboration in the decision making process by emphasizing that preventing and controlling micronutrient deficiencies is an issue tat goes beyond the health sector. P romote interagency and inter-country cooperation in information exchange and capacity building. Promote coordination among the international agencies within a country to avoid conflicts in programme efforts for the control of micronutrient deficiences. D etermine the best available delivery mechanisms for each specific program goal or objective, including the involvement of program partners inside and outside the health sector.
Effective interventions keep an eye toward the evaluation of the intervention.
I ncorporate appropriate public health interventions along with a mix of strategies because successful interventions have the potential to lead to further innovations and success. D etermine the technical advisory, and assistance capacity needs of populations affected by micronutrient deficiences. A reas for F uture R esearch D etermine the effectiveness of various approaches involving community participation and the use of non-formal education channels to build sustainable support for micronutrient deficiency prevention. D etermine the technical advisory needs of different countries with respect to eliminating micronutrient malnutrition. Facilitate the development of a consensus statement, or agreement, among politicians, private industry, and public health leaders, regarding the state of micronutrient deficiency in developing regions.