March 2020 Located in the Himalayan Mountain range, where iodine deficiency has long...
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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...
08. January 2020
Report on the 2019 Consultation on Sustainable Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders in Eastern and Southern Africa
Report written by Prof. Festo P. Kavishe, IGN Regional Coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa, Dr. Isiye Ndombi, IGN...
09. December 2019
Optimal Assessment and Quantification of Iodine Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation: Laboratory and Clinical Methods, Controversies and Future Directions
Abstract: Iodine intake must be boosted during pregnancy to meet the demands for increased production and placental transfer...
