May 2020 Dr. Izzeldin Sharief Hussein, Regional Coordinator in the Middle East and...
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05. May 2020
Updated Iodine Fact Sheet for Health Professionals from the US National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements
Introduction Iodine is a trace element that is naturally present in some foods, added to others, and available as a...
22. April 2020
Stable Iodine Nutrition During Two Decades of Continuous Universal Salt Iodisation in Sri Lanka
Universal salt iodisation (USI) was introduced in Sri Lanka in 1995. Since then, four national iodine surveys have assessed...
03. March 2020
Q&A: USAID's first chief nutritionist plans to 'demystify' the sector
Shawn Baker is the U.S. Agency for International Development’s first chief nutritionist, a role he told Devex he is...
02. March 2020
The Unfinished Agenda for Food Fortification in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Quantifying Progress, Gaps and Potential Opportunities
Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is a cost-effective intervention that is widely implemented, but there is scope to...
17. February 2020
Farewell to the God of Plague: Estimating the effects of China's Universal Salt Iodization on educational outcomes
This paper estimates the effects of China's Universal Salt Iodization (USI) policy in 1994 – the largest nutrition...
