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IJE Advance Access originally published online on April 15, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(4):762-764; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi073
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2005; all rights reserved.

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Towards the global elimination of brain damage due to iodine deficiency—the role of the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders

Basil S Hetzel

International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, C/- Centre for Health Promotion, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, SA 5006, Australia

E-mail: iccidd@a011.aone.net.au

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An extensive report on the global programme for the elimination of brain damage due to iodine deficiency is outlined in a recently published book ‘Towards the Global Elimination of Brain Damage due to Iodine Deficiency’, which was reviewed recently by the IJE.1

This book is addressed to a broad multidisciplinary audience from the international community concerned about the global problem of brain damage due to iodine deficiency and its elimination by the consumption of iodized salt.

Iodine deficiency is the most common preventable cause of brain damage in the world today with an excess of 2 billion at risk in 130 countries.

This book reports the progress of the global programme since the elimination goal was adopted by the World Summit for Children, meeting at the UN, New York in 1990.

By the year 2000, significant progress had been achieved with almost 70% of households having access . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   The iodine deficiency disorders
 

   The International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)
 
Global activities
Regional activities

   National IDD elimination programmes
 
The ‘wheel’ model

   Conclusion
 

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