Measure Nutrition Now | How important are Measurement Tools?
"Measurement is what everybody is talking about now" says Kathy Spahn, President & CEO of Helen Keller International. According to Michael B. Zimmermann, Head of Laboratory of Human Nutrition ETH Zürich, measurement is important to be able to prove if an intervention works. Are there any other reasons why measurement matters?
Together with our partner GAIN we wanted to find out how important measurement tools are. For this purpose we've asked Kathy Spahn, Michael B. Zimmermann and ten more experts and published a video that brings together their different views. Gathered for the Micronutrient Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in June 2014, we've discussed how measuring the extent of micronutrient deficiencies can provide better information for designing high-impact interventions.
We have asked the following experts:
Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, GAIN
Prof. Dr. Michael Bruce Zimmermann, Head of Laboratory of Human Nutrition, ETH Zurich
Dr. Rolf Klemm, Vice President Nutrition, Helen Keller International
Elizabeth Parkes, Cassava Breader, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Dr. Omar Dary, Health Science Specialist (Nutrition), USAID
Dr. Klaus Kraemer, Director, Sight and Life
Dr. John Fiedler, Health & Nutrition Economist, International Food Policy Research Institute
Dr. Fabian Rohner, President, GroundWork LLC
Prof. Dr. Anna Lartey, Director of Nutrition Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations
Mary Christine R. Castro, Deputy Executive Director, Nutrition Center of the Philippines
Kathy Spahn, President & CEO, Helen Keller International
Hazvinei Mugwagwa, Manager North America, Nutrition Improvement Program DSM
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