The challenges of implementing and monitoring of salt iodisation programmes

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-106

  Sullivan, Kevin M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

iodine; iodine deficiency; iodised salt; potassium iodate; potassium iodide; universal salt iodisation

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LAW; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; IODINE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 76849086575     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. UNICEF, and WHO. World Summit for Children - Mid Decade Goal: iodine Deficiency Disorders. UNICEF-WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy (1994), United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization, Geneva [JCHPSS/94/2.7]
2. Mannar M.G.V., and Dunn J.T. Technical Manual on Iodization of Salt (1995), ICCIDD, The Netherlands
3. WHO, UNICEF, and ICCIDD. Assessment of iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination: a guide for programme managers. 3nd edn. (2007), World Health Organization, Geneva
4. Hetzel B.S. An Overview of the Global Program for the Elimination of Brain Damage due to Iodine Deficiency. In: Hetzel B. (Ed). Towards the Global Elimination of Brain Damage Due to Iodine Deficiency (2004), Oxford University Press
5. Ling J. The Role of Education and Communication. In: Hetzel B. (Ed). Towards the Global Elimination of Brain Damage Due to Iodine Deficiency (2004), Oxford University Press
6. Houston R., Lotfi M., Nathan R., et al. Assessing Country Progress in Universal Salt Iodization Programs: Iodized Salt Program Assessment Tool (ISPAT) (1999), ICCIDD, MI, OMNI, PAMM, UNICEF, USAID, WHO; Micronutrient Initiative, Ottawa
7. Sullivan K.M., Houston R., Gorstein J., et al. Monitoring Universal Salt Iodization Programmes (1995), UNICEF, PAMM, MI, ICCIDD, and WHO
8. Nathan R. Regulation of fortified foods to address micronutrient malnutrition: Legislation, Regulations, and Enforcement (1999), Micronutrient Initiative, Ottawa
9. WHO, and FAO. Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients (2006), World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
10. WHO U.N.I.C.E.F., ICCIDD, and Joint WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD consultation. Review of findings from 7-country study in Africa on levels of salt iodization in relation to iodine deficiency disorders, including iodine-induced hyperthyroidism (1998), WHO/Afro/NUT/97.2-WHO/NUT/97.5, World Health Organization, Geneva
11. WHO U.N.I.C.E.F., and ICCIDD. Assessment of Iodine Deficiency Disorders and Monitoring their Elimination: A Guide for Programme Managers. 2nd Ed. (2001), WHO/NHD/01.1, World Health Organization, Geneva
12. UNICEF. The state of the World's Children 2007 (2006), UNICEF, New York
13. WHO U.N.I.C.E.F., and ICCIDD. Progress towards the elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) (1999), World Health Organization, Geneva [WHO/NHD/99.4]
14. WHO, and UNICEF. Iodine deficiency in Europe: a continuing public health problem (2007), World Health Organization, Geneva
15. Gorstein J., Sullivan K.M., Parvanta I., et al. Indicators and methods for cross-sectional surveys of vitamin and mineral status of populations (2007), Micronutrient Initiative and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
16. Andersson M., Takkouche B., Egli I., et al. Current global iodine status and progress over the last decade towards the elimination of iodine deficiency. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 83 (2005) 518-525
17. ICCIDD. Iodine requirements in pregnancy and infancy: a WHO technical consultation has produced new guidelines on iodine requirements and monitoring in these vulnerable age groups. IDD Newsl 23 1 (2007) 1-2
18. Stewart C., Solomons N., Mendoza I., et al. Salt iodine variation within an extended Guatemalan community: the failure of intuitive assumptions. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 17 (1996) 258-262