190091 A global perspective on impact of flour fortification on NTD rates

Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:45 PM

Joseph Mulinare, MD , National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Learning Objectives:
• Describe the world-wide benefit of folic acid fortification in the prevention of neural tube defects • Articulate the strategies to minimize the racial/ethnic disparities in NTD prevention impact • List some of the unique partnerships in the global effort to fortify flour • Recognize some of the other and emerging health effects of folic acid beyond NTD prevention

Keywords: Birth Defects, Maternal Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Activities include authorship of research studies on folic acid and prevention of neural tube defects; participation in development of USPHS guidelines for use of folic acid by women of childbearing age; consultant to local, state, regional, federal and international organizations to promote and evaluate NTD prevention activities related to the use of folic acid.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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