Stanley Zlotkin
CM, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor
Departments of Paediatrics,
Nutritional Sciences and Public Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Anemia, or iron deficiency, is the most prevalent nutrient deficiency in the world today and its effects are far more severe for children than for adults. Dr. Stanley Zlotkin has developed Sprinkles - a dry, tasteless, single-serving packet that is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to distribute. Best of all, Sprinkles, which includes a mix of iron, vitamins C, D and A, and zinc, doesn't change the taste or appearance when mixed into children's food, making it more likely to be used.
Through the Sprinkles Global Health Initiative, Dr. Zlotkin is ensuring that children in rural areas of the developing world, those who are ultra-poor and other vulnerable children are receiving Sprinkles. The health impact of the program has been demonstrated in many countries, including Bangladesh and Mongolia. Partners in the initiative have included UNICEF, USAID, the World Bank and CIDA, among others, and the manufacture of Sprinkles is being set up at international sites.
The Sprinkles Global Health Initiative has been called "a superb example of a KT success story" with huge potential for global impact.
The CIHR Knowledge Translation Award recognizes merit in an exceptional individual or team currently involved in a collaborative health research or development project that aims to advance and expand the understanding of knowledge translation and also leads to improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened health care system. One award recognizes exceptional research in the area of knowledge translation, while the other recognizes knowledge translation in action.
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Dr. John Frank (left) presents the CIHR National Knowledge Translation Award to Dr. Stanley Zlotkin (right). |
Dr. Stanley Zlotkin |
