February 2020

IDD Newsletter

In this issue:
  • Iodized oil to combat severe IDD and cretinism in Papua New Guinea
  • Iodine Symposium at the 2019 American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting
  • Ensuring iodine lab capacity and performance in Africa: the role of the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre
  • Iodine fortification of foods and condiments, other than salt, for preventing iodine deficiency disorders
  • Establishing salt iodization in Kenya: personal reminiscences of Mr. Wilfred Kimiri
  • China’s universal salt iodization program boosted school enrollment
  • Iodine – essential for mothers to be in the UK
  • Uzbekistan: Low iodine intakes in pregnant women reflect poor coverage with iodized salt
  • Iodine status in Tunisia two decades after universal salt iodization

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