Addressing vitamin A, iron deficiencies to follow successful salt iodization model

Highlighting the meeting, Dr. Dora Akunyili of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control reported on Nigeria’s successful salt iodization program.�Nigeria has maintained >97% household level consumption of iodized salt since 1998, resulting in a significant decline in the total goiter rate and improvements in urinary iodine concentration.

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In her closing address, Dr. Meera Shekar of the World Bank spoke of the important need to coordinate investments of limited resources and a redoubling of efforts to achieve universal salt iodization.

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The proceedings of the first Micronutrient Forum will be published in Sight and Life magazine. Additional information about the meeting is available on the Micronutrient Forum website.