United Nations iodine deficiency disorders

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The annual production of iodized salt was raised from 500000 metric tons (MT) in 1985-1986 to 4980000MT in 2005-2006. The policy regarding the production of iodized salt has been liberalized, permitting its production by the private sector 824 private units have been licensed by the salt commissioner, out of which nearly 532 units have commenced production so far. These units have an annual production capacity of more than 12400000 MT (Revised Poficy Guidefines on National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme, 2006). 

Hetzel BS. The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders. Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper no. 3Rome United Nations ACC/SCN . 1988. 

Iodine deficiency remains a major cause of mental retardation and infant mortality and morbidity throughout the world—even though iodine was shown to be essential for human health nearly 100 years ago. More than 1 billion people are beUeved to be at risk for iodine deficiency. In 1986, the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders was established in an effort to improve iodine nutrition and alleviate human suffering. This council works closely with the World Health Organization, the United Nations International Children s Fund, and the... 

World Health Organization, United Nations Childrens Fund International Council for the Iodine Deficiency Disorders. Assessment of Iodine deficiency Disorders and Monitoring their Elimination. (2001). WHO/NHD/01.1. WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. 

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) have defined three degrees of severity of iodine deficiency mild (iodine intake of 50—99p,g/day), moderate (20 9 p,g/day), and severe (<20p,g/day) (WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD, 1994). Severe iodine deficiency was eradicated from many parts of the world, but milder forms stiU exist and may escape detection. Thirty-two European countries were still affected by mild-to-severe iodine deficiency in the late 1990s (Delange, 2002). Turkey is one of these mild-to-moderate iodine-deficient areas (Yordam et ai, 1999). 

Iodine deficiency is the primary preventable cause of brain damage and psychomotor development retardation, and hence is a global public health issue. According to the United Nations International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD), approximately half of the worlds population presented some degree of dietary iodine deficiency in 2002 (International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, 2002). 

Another important development has been the adoption of a global strategy for the prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders by a combined United Nations Agencies group. Subcommittee of Nutrition in March 1987. As already mentioned, the ICCIDD is now a partner with the other agencies in an IDD Working Group set up by the Subcommittee of Nutrition. 

In 1990 the United Nations Sub-Committee on Nutrition recognized IDD as a major international public health problem and adopted a global plan for the elimination of IDD by the year 2000 proposed by the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) working in close collaboration with UNICEF and WHO. 

The disorders induced by iodine deficiency affect at least one billion people. Because of its effects on brain development, iodine deficiency is the single most preventable cause of mental retardation in the world. Therefore, the United Nations and the Heads of State of almost all the world s countries represented at the Summit for Children in 1990 adopted resolutions to eradicate the disorders induced by iodine deficiency (IDD) by the year 2000. 

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