Accelerating salt iodization in Angola
November 2016
IDD Newsletter
In this issue:
- Angola accelerates salt iodization
- Virtual elimination of iodine deficiency in the Americas: a public health triumph
- The 2016 Global Scorecard: towards optimal iodine status
- Rapid test kits (RTKs) can only provide a ‘yes or no’ on whether salt contains iodine but cannot assess salt iodine content
- Can bouillon cubes deliver iodine to West African populations?
- Sustaining IDD programs in Eastern Europe
- A practical approach to long-term monitoring of iodine laboratories
In Meetings and Announcements:
- The Iodine Global Network is recommended as an outstanding giving opportunity
- Salt + Iodine = Saving IQ in Russia
- IGN attends the 63rd WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
- A science-themed poetry project will support the IGN
- IGN statement at the 69th WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia (SEARO)
- Salt producers in Lebanon receive training on iCheck Iodine machines to improve quality assurance of salt iodization
- Erratum – Figure correction
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