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ICCIDD, CIDA initiative raises iodine nutrition hopes for Sudan
With financial support from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), ICCIDD is conducting training sessions designed to reverse the long slide in iodine nutrition in troubled Sudan. ICCIDD regional coordinator Izzeldin Hussein is conducting the training and explained the program in SudanNow Magazine.
"242,400 Sudanese children are born unprotected from iodine deficiency consequences each year. Among this group, 7,000 may develop cretins (3 %), 24,000 may suffer from severe mental retardation (10 %) and 210,000 newborns may grow up mildly intellectually deficient (87 %). According to the last survey, the prevalence of goitre in Sudan was 22 % (MOH IDD Survey 1997). On the basis of this figure, it is anticipated that the productivity of affected people is reduced by 5 – 25 %.
"ICCIDD will continue its support to Sudan by means of providing training for building capacity of the personnel working in the salt industry and Support efforts to increase the salt production rate of the salt producers.
"ICCIDD also will Support the purchase of proper chemicals and lab instruments for supporting a reliable central iodine laboratory, as well as set up a proper quality control.
"Dr Hussein said that the major focus in the global push to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) is the establishment of mechanisms that will sustain the universal salt iodization (USI) and IDD elimination effort in the long run. Working closely with the implementing agencies, such as UNICEF, WFP, and the MI, ICCIDD is a unique player because it focuses only on IDD elimination and has a well-established regional / national focal point infrastructure.
"He said ‘Impressive and rather rapid progress in the implementation of salt iodization programs around the world has highlighted the importance of two key issues: first, the need for effective monitoring of salt iodization processes to ensure continuous access by populations to adequate iodine through salt; and second, the need to ensure the long-term sustainability of the success achieved in controlling and eliminating IDD. In particular, ensuring sustainability requires continuous assessment of a country’s salt iodization program and the progress it has made toward achieving the IDD elimination goal. Such assessment would need to highlight the essential elements of the program if it is to function effectively and sustainably.'"
"242,400 Sudanese children are born unprotected from iodine deficiency consequences each year. Among this group, 7,000 may develop cretins (3 %), 24,000 may suffer from severe mental retardation (10 %) and 210,000 newborns may grow up mildly intellectually deficient (87 %). According to the last survey, the prevalence of goitre in Sudan was 22 % (MOH IDD Survey 1997). On the basis of this figure, it is anticipated that the productivity of affected people is reduced by 5 – 25 %.
"ICCIDD will continue its support to Sudan by means of providing training for building capacity of the personnel working in the salt industry and Support efforts to increase the salt production rate of the salt producers.
"ICCIDD also will Support the purchase of proper chemicals and lab instruments for supporting a reliable central iodine laboratory, as well as set up a proper quality control.
"Dr Hussein said that the major focus in the global push to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) is the establishment of mechanisms that will sustain the universal salt iodization (USI) and IDD elimination effort in the long run. Working closely with the implementing agencies, such as UNICEF, WFP, and the MI, ICCIDD is a unique player because it focuses only on IDD elimination and has a well-established regional / national focal point infrastructure.
"He said ‘Impressive and rather rapid progress in the implementation of salt iodization programs around the world has highlighted the importance of two key issues: first, the need for effective monitoring of salt iodization processes to ensure continuous access by populations to adequate iodine through salt; and second, the need to ensure the long-term sustainability of the success achieved in controlling and eliminating IDD. In particular, ensuring sustainability requires continuous assessment of a country’s salt iodization program and the progress it has made toward achieving the IDD elimination goal. Such assessment would need to highlight the essential elements of the program if it is to function effectively and sustainably.'"
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