Iodine Global Network (IGN)

Sudan

Median UIC 108 (2018) National, WRA (15-49 years)
Population Iodine Status Adequate
* MUIC, median urinary iodine concentration
* HHIS, percentage of households consuming iodized salt (>0 ppm) among all tested households
SAC: school-age children / WRA: women of reproductive age / PW: pregnant women

NEWS

22. February 2019

Kiwanis gives UNICEF $200,000 to fight IDD in Sudan

The Kiwanis Children’s Fund Board of Trustees has approved a US$200,000 grant to help UNICEF fight dangerously low levels of salt iodization in Sudan. Kiwanis International has been committed to...

22. August 2015

Sudan: iodized salt production to start in the Red Sea State

During a visit to the Red Sea State, Sudan’s Minister of Industry Dr Abdu Daud Suleiman emphasized the important role of the salt industry within the industrial programme of economic reform. He was...

29. March 2015

Iodine deficiency still rife in Sudan

Twenty-two percent of Sudan’s population suffers from iodine deficiency. During the Consumer Protection Society forum yesterday, Head of the anti-nutrient deficiency unit at the Federal Ministry of H...

18. December 2014

Consumption of iodized salt is low in Sudan

Sudan National Nutrition Strategy was presented by the Sudan delegation to the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) which will be convened on 19-21 November, 2014 in Rome, Italy. This part...

PUBLICATIONS

Sudan: Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014 (PDFAchtung Link öffnet sich in einem neuen Fenster)
Key Findings, April 2015
Ministry of Cabinet, Central Bureau of Statistics

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Izzeldin Hussein
Muscat, Oman
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Salwa Abdul Rahim Sorkati
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