iodine

'The job is not done', Annan tells meeting on elimination of iodine deficiency

15 October 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called international efforts to make iodized salt available worldwide one of the successes of globalization, but warned that with 30 per cent of the world still without access to it, "The job is not done."

50 million children still exposed to iodine deficiency disorders - UN health agency

21 May 2002
Despite international progress aimed at iodizing salt, 50 million children were born last year without any protection against iodine deficiency disorders, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.