The Global Summit for Children held in the early 1990s outlined goals toward the elimination of iodine deficiency through universal salt iodization. A lign gatekeepers to public officials with public health advocates in order to create sustainable partnerships. C oordination C ollaborate with partners on different levels to avoide duplication of efforts by building on existing efforts and infrastructure in many regions for promoting the control of micronutrient deficiencies. T hink in terms of creating sustainable alliances that enable different partners to add imput in the policy-creation process. Ensure meaning in the collaborative effort by assigning specific roles and responsibilities which are delegated to different collaboraters.
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.