Iodine deficiency list of publications

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• Assessment of iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination (2007)
  A guide for programme managers, Third edition (updated 1st September 2008)
• Iodine deficiency in Europe (2007)
  A continuing public health problem
• Iodine status worldwide (2004)
  WHO Global Database on Iodine Deficiency
• Assessment of iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination (2001)
  A guide for programme managers, Second edition
• Progress towards the elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (1999)
• Review of findings from 7-country study in Africa on levels of salt iodization in relation to iodine deficiency disorders, including iodine-induced hyperthyroidism (1997)
  Joint WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD consultation, 8-9 July 1996, Geneva, Switzerland
• Recommended iodine levels in salt and guidelines for monitoring their adequacy and effectiveness (1996)
• Iodized oil during pregnancy: safe use of iodized oil to prevent iodine deficiency in pregnant women (1996)
  A statement by the World Health Organization
  (Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1996 ; 74(1) : 1-3 and 101-108)
• Iodine and health : eliminating iodine deficiency disorders safely through salt iodization (1994)
  A statement by the World Health Organization
• Indicators for assessing iodine deficiency disorders and their control programmes (1993)
  Report of a Joint WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD consultation, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-5 November 1992
• Global prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders (1993)
  Micronutrient deficiency information system (MDIS) working paper no. 1

Statement

• Reaching Optimal Iodine Nutrition in Pregnant and Lactating Women and Young Children (2007)
  pdf, 207kb
  Revised 20th November 2007

Regional publications

AFRO

• African Task Force on Iodine Deficiency Disorders (1990)
  Report of the fourth meeting, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 28 February to 2 March 1990
• Control of iodine deficiency disorders in the African region (1989)
  IDD working group meeting in conjunction with ACC/SCN meeting, New York, 26 February - 3 March 1989

EMRO

• Assessment and monitoring of iodine deficiency disorders in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean (2000)
  Report of a symposium-workshop, Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 9-11 September 1999
• Report on the Intercountry Trainng Workshop for Iodine Deficiency Disorders Laboratory Managers (1993)
  Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 14-21 December 1992
• Intercountry workshop on Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control (1990)
  Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 5-9 August 1990
• Iodine Deficiency Disorders (1990)
  A strategy for control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
• Guidelines for a national programme for the control of iodine deficiency disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (1988)
  WHO EMRO Technical Publication No. 12

EURO

• Elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in central and eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic States (1998)
  Proceedings of a conference held in Munich, Germany, 3-6 September 1997

SEARO

• Promotion of sustainable iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) control programmes in WHO South-East Asia and Eastern Mediterranean Regions (2003)
  Report of a Bi-Regional Consultation, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 24-27 June 2003
• Iodine monitoring, laboratory procedure and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) elimination programme (2002)
  Report of the first training workshop, New Delhi, India, 17-21 September 2002
• Elimination of iodine deficiency disorders in South-East Asia (1997)
  Report of a Regional Consultation, 24-26 February 1997, New Delhi, India
• Iodine deficiency disorders in South-East Asia (1991)
  Report of the regional working group, New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 1990
• Critical Issues Relating to Iodine-Deficiency Disorders and the Implementation of IDD Control Programmes (1985)
  Summary of proceedings and position paper from a Joint WHO/UNICEF Pre-Workshop Control Consultation, New Delhi, India, 1-2 March 1985
• Iodine deficiency disorders in South-East Asia (1985)
  SEARO regional health papers no. 10

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