Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION

• IDD is the world's leading cause of preventable mental retardation and impaired psychomotor development in young children.

• In its most extreme form, iodine deficiency causes cretinism.

• It also significantly raises the risks of stillbirth and miscarriage for pregnant women.

Background

Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION

• IDD is most commonly and visibly associated with goitre

• IDD takes its greatest toll in impaired mental growth and development, contributing in turn to poor school performance, reduced intellectual ability, and impaired work performance.

Background

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Cretinism: 11 million

Brain damage: 43 million

Goitre: 750 million

Total population at risk: 1.6 billion

THE TOLL OF IODINE DEFICIENCY - 1990

The estimated 1. 6 billion people at risk represent approximately 30% of the world’s population

Loss of learning capability

Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION

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Since 1990, iodized salt consumption increased from 20% to 66%

67

69

43

49

57

67

84

86

0 20 40 60 80 100

World

Developing Countries

CEE/CIS

South Asia

Middle East/ North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

East Asia/ Pacific

Latin America/ Caribbean

Iodized Salt Consumption by RegionLatest Available Data (as of 2004)

%

% of households consuming adequately iodized salt, ____

GOAL

WFFC Goal:

To achieve sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency by 2005

Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION

Indicators

• % of households consuming adequately iodized salt (15 ppm or more)

Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION

Preparation

• Determine whether potassium iodate or potassium iodide is used to iodize salt

• Order iodine testing kits from MBI in India

Household QuestionnaireSALT IODIZATION

SALT IODIZATION MODULE SI

SI1. We would like to check whether the salt used in your household is iodized. May I see a sample of the salt used to cook the main meal eaten by members of your household last night?

Once you have examined the salt,circle number that corresponds to test outcome.

Not iodized 0 PPM 1

Less than 15 PPM 2

15 PPM or more 3

No salt in home 6

Salt not tested 7