OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the iodine status in Albania following 11 yr of iodine prophylaxis and to evaluate factors influencing the outcome. DESIGN Eight hundred and forty children, aged 6-13 yr, living in 4 different regions and 365 pregnant women living in the same areas, were enrolled for the study. The prevalence of goiter was assessed by palpation and ultrasound im...

s 20 ICCIDD GLOBAL NETWORK IDDNEWSLETTER VOLUME 42 NUMBER 2 MAY 2014 China: leading the way in sustained IDD elimination 2 IDD NEWSLETTER MAY 2014 CHINA Program management and implementation – past and present Since its inception, China’s salt iodization program has been one of the most successful in the world (Box 1). The national standards for the production, wholesale, and inspection of salt...

BACKGROUND Serum thyroglobulin appears to be a sensitive marker of thyroid dysfunction in endemic goiter. However, its value as an indicator of thyroid status in children after the introduction of iodized salt has not been tested. OBJECTIVE The objective was to optimize and validate a thyroglobulin assay on dried whole blood spots and to evaluate thyroglobulin as an indicator of thyroid respo...

In the framework of a worldwide policy to eliminate iodine deficiency (ID) disorders, universal salt iodization was adopted in Tunisia two decades ago. The present study aims to evaluate this strategy, using both performance and impact indicators. A total of 1560 children, aged 6-12 years, were randomly sampled using a national, two-stage, stratified, cross-sectional cluster survey in 2012. Uri...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of universal salt iodization (USI) for the control of IDD in Hebei province since it was implemented in 1995, identify the problems currently encountered in the implementation of USI and provide practical proposals for addressing these problems. METHODS Probability proportionate to size sampling (PPS) was employed in the surveillance of IDD, for which a...

The importance of micronutrients in human development has received increasing attention both in medical science and in economic policymaking. Iodine de…ciency is one of the most discussed issues related to micronutrients in the context of less developed countries. Given that systematic evidence of the e¤ectiveness of iodine supplementation in developing countries is still lacking, my study eval...

BACKGROUND Following WHO recommendations, Morocco adopted in 1995 the universal salt iodization (USI) as a strategy to prevent and control iodine deficiency disorders. In 2009, the standard salt iodine concentration was adjusted to 15-40 mg/kg. The success of USI for the control of iodine deficiency disorders requires an evaluation of iodine concentration in salt prior to assessing the iodine n...

BACKGROUND Edible salt iodization and iodized oil injections are the two most commonly used vehicles for iodine supplementation. In year 1989, the state government of Sikkim was planning to implement Iodine Deficiency Disorder control program in state and had following two options to choose from, based on existing knowledge; a) a salt iodization program, b) an iodized oil injection program. No ...

Iodine deficiency is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation. Universal salt iodization (USI), calling for all salt used in agriculture, food processing, catering and household to be iodized, is the agreed strategy for achieving iodine sufficiency. This article reviews published information on programs for the sustainable elimination of the iodine deficiency disorders and reports ne...

Background: Maternal Iodine Deficiency Disorder can result in inevitable cretinism as well miscarriages, stillbirth and low birth-weight babies. Objective: There is a need to find out contributing factors towards urinary iodine concentrations of pregnant women. Methods: Therefore, the cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted assess the patterns salt utilization status of pregnant w...