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Sustainable Iodine Deficiency Control: Progress, Challenges & Roadmap

This event aims to review progress in iodine deficiency control, share experiences and good management practices, address critical bottlenecks, and develop sustainability roadmaps. It will focus on global issues, integration into national policies, and the coordination of strategies.

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Sustainable Iodine Deficiency Control: Progress, Challenges & Roadmap

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  1. OctavianThursday, September 25, 9:00 amOUTLINE1. Aims, Objectives and Expected Outputs2. Global and Regional Situation3. Challenges to Sustainability

  2. Aims, Objectives, etc • Review progress in each country and current approaches to overcome critical bottlenecks • Share experiences, lessons learnt and “good” management practice • Address, if needed, the functioning of national coalitions for oversight • Assure quality of supplies and integrate in ongoing food/nutrition/health surveillance • Learn latest technical developments • Develop 3-4y Sustainability Road Map per country

  3. Global Situation & Issues • ID remains the most common cause of preventable mental retardation in the world • WHO (2014), UNICEF (1994) recommend mandatory universal salt iodization • Since SOWC, number of iodine deficient countries has fallen dramatically: 110 (1990) to 25 (2015) • Increasing focus on all population segments and all food-grade salt (food industry and households) • Needs better integration into national food & nutrition policy, strategies and programming • Promote coordination of USI and Salt Intake Reduction (SIR) strategies

  4. Toward Sustainability • Need for perpetual new, but modest, investments • Improved oversight and enforcement required • More evidence needed to guide policy, program design and demonstrate impact • Emphasize transparent accountability, link with public reporting • Advocacy deserves continuous priority for • Permanent stakeholder collaboration • Innovative (global network) support and monitoring

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