Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1368-1369 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | The Lancet |
Volume | 343 |
Issue number | 8909 |
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State | Published - May 28 1994 |
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In: The Lancet, Vol. 343, No. 8909, 28.05.1994, p. 1368-1369.
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T1 - Sustained reduction in child mortality with vitamin A in Nepal
AU - Pokhrel, Ram Prasad
AU - Khatry, Subarna K.
AU - West, Keith P.
AU - Shrestha, Sharada R.
AU - Katz, Joanne
AU - Pradhan, Elizabeth K.
AU - LeClerq, Steven C.
AU - Sommer, Alfred
N1 - Funding Information: total number of respondents was 30 072 (7320 in hilly zone, 11 445 in flood-prone zone, and 11 307 in plain zone). The total number of urine samples was 4512. Each survey questionnaire was manually edited and coded. Data entry was done by use of software dBase III plus with range checking and appropriate correction. The current total goitre rate (grade 1 + grade 2) in Bangladesh is 47-1% (44-4% in the hilly, 50-7% in the flood-prone, and 45-6% in the plain zone). The prevalence of cretinism in the country is 0-5% (0-8% in the hilly, 0-5% in the flood-prone, and 0-3% in the plain zone). Nearly 69% of the Bangladeshi population have biochemical iodine deficiency (urinary iodine excretion [UIE] <10 llg/dL). Zone-wise, the figures are 84-4% in the hilly zone (median UIE 3-4 g/dL), 63-7% in the flood-prone zone (median UIE, 5-1 1 g/dL), and 60-8% in the plain zone (median UIE 7-4 g/dL). These findings show that IDD has increased in Bangladesh over the past decades and is now severe. The widespread iodine deficiency in all ecological zones indicates that the country as a whole is an iodine-deficient region and that 100% of its population are feared to be at risk of iodine deficiency. The situation warrants immediate attention and action. Fortunately, the government of Bangladesh, with assistance of UNICEF, has initiated a universal salt iodisation programme that aims to provide iodised salt to every household by the middle of 1994. The study was financially supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Canadian International Development Agency. Funding Information: longer-term dietary measures that prove to be equally effective are implemented. This study was carried out under Cooperative Agreement no DAN 0045- A-5094 between the Office of Nutrition, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington DC, and the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology (DCPO), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA, with financial and technical assistance from Task Force Sight and Life (Roche, Basel), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nepal, and NIH grant no RR04060.
PY - 1994/5/28
Y1 - 1994/5/28
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)92508-9
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)92508-9
M3 - Letter
C2 - 7910361
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SN - 0140-6736
VL - 343
SP - 1368
EP - 1369
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 8909
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