Brazil iodine sufficient after lowering salt iodine levels
May 2017
IDD Newsletter
In this issue:
- Brazil is iodine-sufficient after lowering iodine levels in salt
- Poor rural populations often have lower access to adequately iodized salt
- Iodine-rich groundwater, and not iodized salt, provides children and pregnant women in Djibouti with sufficient iodine
- Mapping and tracking global food fortification efforts
- Mozambique renews its commitment to salt iodization
- National survey in Israel reports one of the lowest iodine intakes in the world
- Has the UK really become iodine sufficient?
- Can processed foods containing iodized salt contribute to dietary iodine intake?
- Towards the elimination of IDD by 2020
In Meetings and Announcements:
- Eliminating iodine deficiency disorders by 2020
- Talking about iodine deficiency during ITAW and on 10th World Thyroid Day
- Dr. Chandrakant Pandav awarded for his life-long contribution to public health
- Iodine in Food Systems and Health: the 1st International WIA Conference
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