Improving nutrition
Salt Iodization Programme
GAIN works with UNICEF to increase the percentage of households in the world who use iodized salt from 70% up to 85% by increasing salt iodization in 13 priority countries.
Target group
Population
Fortificant
Food vehicle
Salt
Outputs
Iodized salt
Coverage
An additional 790 million people, of whom 20 million infants
Date
09/01/2007
Description
While salt iodization is standard practice in many parts of the world, it is not yet implemented everywhere or does not yet reach all consumers. Yet, salt iodization is a simple and safe method to resolve serious public health problems in developing countries: deficiencies of iodine lead to disorders such as goiter and limit intellectual capacity by 10 to 15 IQ points on average.
This program will work in 13 priority countries with large and small producers of salt to add iodine.
