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Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION. Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION. Background. IDD is the world's leading cause of preventable mental retardation and impaired psychomotor development in young children. In its most extreme form, iodine deficiency causes cretinism.

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Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION

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  1. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION

  2. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION Background • IDD is the world's leading cause of preventable mental retardation and impaired psychomotor development in young children. • In its most extreme form, iodine deficiency causes cretinism. • It also significantly raises the risks of stillbirth and miscarriage for pregnant women.

  3. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION Background • IDD is most commonly and visibly associated with goitre • IDD takes its greatest toll in impaired mental growth and development, contributing in turn to poor school performance, reduced intellectual ability, and impaired work performance.

  4. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION THE TOLL OF IODINE DEFICIENCY - 1990 Cretinism: 11 million Brain damage: 43 million Goitre: 750 million Loss of learning capability Total population at risk: 1.6 billion The estimated 1. 6 billion people at risk represent approximately 30% of the world’s population

  5. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION Since 1990, iodized salt consumption increased from 20% to 66%

  6. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION GOAL WFFC Goal: To achieve sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency by 2005

  7. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION Indicators • % of households consuming adequately iodized salt (15 ppm or more)

  8. Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION Preparation • Determine whether potassium iodate or potassium iodide is used to iodize salt • Order iodine testing kits from MBI in India

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