UNICEF report publicizes global progress against IDD |
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Thanks to a global campaign by UNICEF and its partners (ICCIDD was first-named), about 70% of households around the world are now receiving iodine through iodized salt, and 34 countries have universal salt iodization, according to a new UNICEF report, Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency, issued June 26. As recently ago as two decades, only 20% of households were receiving sufficient levels of iodine. At the time, IDD was a public health problem affecting an estimated 2 billion people.
UNICEF Nutrition Associate Director Werner Schultink said the report "shows how governments, the salt industry and communities, with UNICEF support, have made great progress over the past 20 years in eliminating iodine deficiency through universal salt iodization. But there is still much to do to ensure every child is protected. There are still 38 million children born every year at risk of brain damage because of iodine deficiency so there’s no room for complacency in our efforts to combat the problem."
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