Table 7.

Bangladesh micronutrient programs and interventions^a

Program	Regulation	Enforcement	Responsibility/sponsor	Target population	Frequency	Monitoring	Micronutrients	Program evaluation	Program coordination
Salt iodization	Iodine Deficiency Diseases Prevention Act 1989	Mandatory	MOHF/UNICEF	All	Ongoing	BRAC	Iodine >15 ppm	UNICEF Survey	NA
Oil fortification with vitamin A	Fortification of Edible Oil with Vitamin A, law 2013	Mandatory	MOI/UNICEF	All	Ongoing	BSTI	Vitamin A = 15–30 ppm	GAIN survey 2017	NA
Fortified rice with multiple micronutrients	A rice fortification initiative 2014	Mandatory	MWCA	Vulnerable groups	Initiated in 2014, expanded in 2015	WFP	Vitamins A, B1, and B12, folic acid, iron, and zinc	WFP 2013	NA
Multiple micronutrient powder	National strategy 2015–2024	National program	MOHF	Subdistricts, informal urban settlements	Periodic	BRAC	Iron, vitamin A, and minerals	II:GAIN, ICDDR,B, CEPA	NA
Megadoses vitamin A	Nutritional Blindness Programme 1973	National program	MOHF	Children and postpartum women	Routinely and domiciliary visits	NA	Children 100–200K IU. Women 200K IU	JPGSPH/HKI 2012; DGHS	NA
Iron and folic acid supplementation	National program 2001	National program	NNS	Pregnant and nonpregnant, nonlactating women	Ongoing	MOHF	Daily 60 mg elemental iron and 400 μg folic acid	MOHF	NA
Biofortification	Country strategy 2014	Voluntary	BRRI and BARI	All	Ongoing	NA	Rice (iron), lentils (iron and zinc), and sweet potato (provitamin A)	NA	NA

^aNational strategy on prevention and control of micronutrient deficiencies (2015–2024), Government of the people's Republic of Bangladesh, 2015.

BARI, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute; BRAC, Building Resources Across Communities; BRRI, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute; BSTI: Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute; MOHF, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; MOI, Ministry of Industries; MWCA, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs; NNS, National Nutrition Services; WFP, World Food Programme; NA, not available.