AN UPDATE FROM THE Field from the IODINE GLOBAL NETWORK
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Revolutionising data to drive action on hidden hunger
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Katherine Shaw
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The Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) maps global food fortification - a simple and effective intervention to help end hidden hunger. Now that the tool is in place, the focus has shifted to driving action.
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2018 IGN Annual Report
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In 2018, closer than ever to eliminating iodine deficiency! And achieving our vision of a world where no child is born with the inability to learn due to lack of iodine nutrition. As we again share the report from our 34th year leading global collective action to reduce this burden, as ever we are grateful for your support.
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In the development of verbal IQ in utero, timing matters for healthy iodine nutrition
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Elizabeth Pearce
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In the first trimester, and at least 3 months before conception, pregnant women should consume 150 µg of iodine a day
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In a recent study of 6,180 mother-and-child pairs, healthy levels of iodine were associated with higher child verbal IQs.
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A new partnership with Japan boosts iodine nutrition in Madagascar
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Marie-Claude Désilets, Minoru Irie, Festo Kavishe, Isiye Ndombi
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Through strategic partnership, we can protect newborns in Madagascar from preventable brain damage due to iodine deficiency.
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GFDx Webinars on food fortification data
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Explore new data visualizations on food fortification through a series of recorded webinars, now live on the Global Fortification Data Exchange, focusing on the regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Learn how to use the GFDx to explore topics such as food fortification legislation, monitoring, quality of fortified foods, and coverage of populations. See how to generate custom maps, charts, plots, and download data for offline analysis.
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
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"Fortifying foods with iron, zinc, iodine and Vitamin A is transformative. Alas, the most boring word in the English language may be 'micronutrients.'"
- Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
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HAPPENING ON TWITTER
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Recent IGN Buzz
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IODINE IN THE NEWS
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IGN IN THE NEWS
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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