• Towards The Global Elimination of Brain Damage Due to Iodine Deficiency

• Iodine Deficiency

  • FAQs
  • The need for iodine
    • The need for iodine - more detail
  • How much iodine?
    • How much iodine? - more detail
  • Sources of iodine
    • Sources of iodine - more detail
  • Iodine and the brain
    • Iodine and the brain - more detail
  • Where is the problem?
  • Further information
  • IDD bibliography
    • Documents Exclusively on IDD
      • Books
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    • Components of Documents
      • Chapters & sections
      • Articles
      • Presentations
    • Other Material Concerning IDD
      • Accords, declarations and laws
      • Speeches & Addresses
      • Speech: A better future

• Protecting Children

  • Fortifying salt
    • Background on salt
    • Why fortify salt?
    • History of salt iodization
    • How salt is made
    • How salt is iodized
      • How salt is iodized - more detail
      • Iodate or iodide? - more detail
  • Fortifying foods
  • National coalitions
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    • The global picture
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    • Africa
      • Africa - detail
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      • Western and Central Europe - details
    • Monthly Updates
    • UNGASS II -- A Triumph in the Making
    • North Africa/Middle East

• Global Scorecard

• Technical Resources

  • The IRLI Network
  • Assessing iodine status
    • Urinary Iodine
    • The Thyroid
    • Thyroid volume reference
    • Fast B test
    • Survey Sites
    • Measuring iodine in salt
    • Indicators: IDD Elimination
  • Assessing the salt marketplace
  • Advocacy communication
    • Key messages
    • Key messages: audience segmentation
    • Key messages for doctors
    • Assessing social mobilization
    • Point-of-Purchase study
    • Rapid-response survey
    • School activity for children
      • "Which family uses iodized salt?"
      • "Which brand is iodized?"
      • "Is my salt iodized?"
    • ICCIDD Communications Guide
      • Communications Guide Chapter 1
      • Communications Guide Chapter 2
      • Communications Guide Chapter 3
      • Communications Guide Chapter 4
      • Communications Guide Chapter 5
      • Communications Guide Chapter 6
      • Communications Guide Chapter 7
      • Communications Guide Chapter 8
      • ICCIDD Communciations Toolkits
      • Iodine Activity #1
      • Iodine Activity #2
      • Iodine Activity #3
      • Tool Kit 1
      • Tool Kit 2
      • Tool Kit 3
      • Tool Kit 4
      • Tool Kit 5
      • Tool Kit 6
      • Tool Kit 7

• Who can prevent IDD?

  • Parents & concerned citizens
  • Health agencies
  • Salt companies
  • Medical professionals
  • Int'l development agencies
  • School teachers
  • NYT article

• Get Involved

  • John T. Dunn Award

• Help ICCIDD

• IDD Newsletter

• John Stanbury's The Iodine Trail

The International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders is a non-profit, non-government organization for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency and the promotion of optimal iodine nutrition worldwide.

 

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Sri Lanka elevates nutrition policy, cites iodine success
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Sri Lanka earns kudos for prioritizing nutrition among its healthcare priorities, reports the Daily Mirror (Columbo).  "The most rewarding success in one aspect of micronutrient malnutrition is that the reduction of iodine deficiency disorders has progressed to elimination status."

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