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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