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What is ICCIDD?
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.

 
Technical Resources

Since its inception, ICCIDD has published an extensive number of reference works that continue to guide national efforts to overcome IDD.  These include the following: 

A Practical Guide to the Correction of Iodine Deficiency, John T Dunn, Frits van der Haar, ISBN 90-70785-05-6, ICCIDD 1990.

Assessment of Iodine Deficiency Disorders and Monitoring of their Elimination: A guide for Programme Managers, Second Edition, published by ICCIDD, UNICEF and WHO, 2001.

Communication Guide for IDD Elimination. J Ling and C Wilstein, ICCIDID, April 1998. (Also published in Chinese, French and Spanish)..

Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders in Africa, Report of the WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD Meeting, Yaounde, Cameroon, 1987.Endemic Goiter and Endemic Cretinism. Eds. JB Stanbury and B S Hetzel, Wiley Biomedical, New York, 1980, Chinese Edition 1984, Indian edition 1985.  

Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders in Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic States, Proceedings of a Conference held in Munich, German. WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD, WHO/EURO/NUT98.1 1997.

Excessive Iodine Intake: A short guideline.  Hans Bürgi for the ICCIDD Science and Technology Committee, 2007.

Hyperthyroidism and other Thyroid Disorders.   A practical handbook for recognition and management. WHO/ICCIDD. WHO/AFRO/NUT99. 1999

Iodine Deficiency Disorder in Livestock -0 Ecology and Economics, , Edited by Dr. C S Pandav and Dr. A R Rao, OUP, New Delhi, India, 1997.

Iodine in Pregnancy, John B Stanbury, F Delange, John T Dunn, and C S Pandav, 1998

The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Eds. B S Hetzel, J T Dunn, J S Stanbury, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1987. 

The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, B S Hetzel, ACC/SCN State of the Art Series, Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper, November 1988.

Recommended Iodine Levels in Salt and Guidelines for Monitoring their Adequacy and Effectiveness. WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD. WHO/NUT/96.13, 1996.

A Review of findings from 7 country study in Africa on levels of salt iodization in relation to iodine deficiency disorders, including iodine-induced hyperthyroidism. Joint WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD consultation. WHO/AFRO/NUT 97.2 Geneva 1996.

SOS for a Billion: The conquest of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Ed. B S Hetzel, C S Pandav, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, (Translated into Chinese, French, Hindi and Spanish, 2nd Edition, 1996

Salt Iodization for the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency, M G V Mannar and J T Dunn, MI/ICCIDD/UNICEF/WHO Publication, the Netherlands, 1995.

ICCIDD has spearheaded efforts to support national coalitions with a series of technical manuals for those actively involved in creating sustainable salt iodization progams.  These technical resources can be grouped as follows:

See:  Chapter from Towards The Global Elimination of Brain Damage Due to Iodine Deficiency

 
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