Lebanon rallies to fight IDD
May 2016
IDD Newsletter
In this issue:
- Lebanon rallies to fight IDD
- 69th WHA: status report on the elimination of iodine deficiency disorders
- Iodine deficiency re-emerges in Cambodia as vigilance slips
- Estimating inadequate and excessive iodine intakes from the distribution of urinary iodine concentrations
- Iodine deficiency in the UK: grabbing the low-hanging fruit
- IDD in Slovakia: 65 years of prevention
- Fortifying bread with iodized salt improves iodine status in New Zealand
- Mild iodine deficiency persists in districts of Odisha
- Do pregnant women in iodine-sufficient areas need iodine supplements?
- Guinea-Bissau revives USI thanks to new technology
- The IGN Annual Report 2015: Accelerating progress towards IDD elimination
Meetings and Announcements:
- Vietnam adopts a decree on mandatory food fortification
- World Thyroid Day in the Philippines
- Seminar on iodine and health held in Porto
- IGN at EAGxBoston global conference
- Sri Lanka gears up for a national iodine survey
- Harmonizing salt iodization and sodium reduction strategies in Oman
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