A. Members of the Vitamin A Supplementation Guideline Group

(Note: the areas of expertise of each guideline group member are given in italics)

• Professor Hany Abdel-Aleem
  Assiut University Hospital
  Assiut, Egypt
  Obstetrics and gynaecology
• Professor Michael Clarke
  University of Oxford
  Oxford, England
  Methods
• Dr Anna Coutsoudis
  University of KwaZulu-Natal
  Durban, South Africa
  Vitamin A, infectious disease
• Dr M. Monir Hossain
  Bangladesh Institute of Child Health and Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital
  Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
  Dhaka, Bangladesh
  Neonatology
• Dr Jean Humphrey
  Zimbabwe Vitamin A for Mothers and Babies Project (ZVITAMBO)
  Harare, Zimbabwe
  Vitamin A, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• Dr Yustina Anie Indriastuti
  Indonesian Medical Doctor Nutrition Society
  Jakarta, Indonesia
  Programme Manager
• Dr Marzia Lazzerini
  Institute for Maternal and Child Health
  Trieste, Italy
  Methods, paediatrics
• Dr Pavitra Mohan
  UNICEF India Country Office
  New Delhi, India
  Paediatrics
• Dr Rintaro Mori
  University of Tokyo
  Tokyo, Japan
  Paediatrics
• Dr A. Catherine Ross
  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, United States of America
  Vitamin A, immunology
• Dr Isabella Sagoe-Moses
  Ghana Health Service – Ministry of Health
  Accra, Ghana
  Programme Manager
• Dr Claudia Saunders
  Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro
  Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Vitamin A research programmes
• Dr Prak Sophonneary
  National Maternal and Child Health Center
  Ministry of Health
  Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  Programme Manager
• Dr Charles Stephensen
  USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center
  Davis, United States of America
  Vitamin A, immunology
• Dr Sherry Tanumihardjo
  University of Wisconsin
  Madison, United States of America
  Vitamin A metabolism
• Dr Khalid Yunis
  American University of Beirut
  Beirut, Lebanon
  Neonatology, perinatology

B. WHO

• Mr Joseph Ashong
  Intern (rapporteur)
  Micronutrients Unit
  Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
• Dr Francesco Branca
  Director
  Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
• Ms Emily Cercone
  Intern (rapporteur)
  Micronutrients Unit
  Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
• Dr Luz Maria de Regil
  Epidemiologist
  Micronutrients Unit
  Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
• Dr Chris Duncombe
  Medical Officer
  Anti-retroviral Treatment and HIV Care Unit
  Department of HIV/AIDS
• Dr Davina Ghersi
  Team Leader
  International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
  Department of Research Policy and Cooperation
• Dr Ahmet Metin Gulmezoglu
  Medical Officer
  Technical Cooperation with Countries for Sexual and Reproductive Health
  Department of Reproductive Health and Research
• Dr Regina Kulier
  Scientist
  Guideline Review Committee Secretariat
  Department of Research Policy and Cooperation
• Dr José Martines
  Coordinator
  Newborn and Child Health and Development Unit
  Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development
• Ms Sueko Matsumura
  Intern (rapporteur)
  Micronutrients Unit
  Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
• Dr Sant-Rayn Pasricha
  Intern (rapporteur)
  Micronutrients Unit
  Department of Nutrition for Health and Development

C. WHO regional offices

• Dr Abel Dushimimana
  Medical Officer
  WHO Regional Office for Africa
  Brazzaville, Congo
• Dr Chessa Lutter
  Regional Adviser
  Unit on Child and Adolescent Health
  WHO Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization
  Washington, United States of America
• Dr Kunal Bagchi
  Regional Adviser
  Nutrition and Food Safety
  WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
  New Delhi, India
• Dr Joao Breda
  Scientist
  WHO Regional Office for Europe
  Copenhagen, Denmark
• Dr Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh
  Regional Adviser
  Nutrition
  WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
  Cairo, Egypt
• Dr Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza
  Regional Adviser
  Nutrition
  WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
  Manila, Philippines

D. External resource experts

• Dr Denise Coitinho Delmuè
  United Nations System Standing
  Committee on Nutrition (SCN)
  Geneva, Switzerland
• Dr Rafael Flores-Ayala
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Atlanta, United States of America
• Ms Alison Greig
  Micronutrient Initiative
  Ottawa, Canada
• Mr Toby Lasserson
  Cochrane Editorial Unit
  London, England
• Dr Lynnette Neufeld
  Micronutrient Initiative
  Ottawa, Canada
• Dr Mathilde Savy
  Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
  Montpellier, France
• Dr David Tovey
  Cochrane Editorial Unit
  London, England