Universal Salt Iodisation: Lessons learned from Cambodia for ensuring programme sustainability.
Matern Child Nutr
; 16 Suppl 2: e12827, 2020 10.
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Iodine deficiency is the leading cause of preventable intellectual disability in the world, but it has been successfully prevented in most countries through universal salt iodization (USI). In 2011, Cambodia appeared to be an example of this success story, but today, Cambodian women and children are once again iodine deficient. In 2011, Cambodia demonstrated high-household coverage of adequately iodized salt and had achieved virtual elimination of iodine deficiency in school-age children. However, this achievement was not sustained because the USI programme was dependent on external funding, and the national government and salt industries had not institutionalized their implementation responsibilities. Recent programmatic efforts, in particular the establishment of a regulatory monitoring and enforcement system, are turning the situation around. Although Cambodia has not yet fully regained the achievements of 2011 (only 55% of tested salt was adequately iodized in 2017 compared with 67% in 2011), the recent steps taken by the government and the salt industry point to greater sustainability of the USI programme and the long-term prevention of iodine deficiency in children, women, and the general population.
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1
Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Desnutrición
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Yodo
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Matern Child Nutr
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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PERINATOLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Tailandia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido