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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Progress in elimination of iodine deficiency in Romania
Final Report of a Mission to Romania,
UNICEF (Gregory Gerasimov) October 2004
Status of IDD Control and Elimination Program in Romania: a Step Away from Universal Salt Iodization?
Mission Report
UNICEF (Gregory Gerasimov), June 25-30, 2000
Progress of IDD elimination program in Romania through Universal Salt Iodization
Mission Report
UNICEF (Ludmila Ivanova), May 2004
Monitoring of the Progress toward Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency in Romania (39 pages)
Report of a Technical Assistance Mission
CDC, Jacky Knowles, April 2003
Universal Salt Iodination and Iodine Deficiency Disorders in Romania (Power Point)
presented at Kiwanis International Conference
UINICEF, June 2003
ADVOCACY
National Workshop on Health Education
“Prevention of IDD – School campaign”
“Prevention of avian influenza transmission to humans – School campaign”
June 8-10, 2006
Poiana Brasov
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COMMUNICATION
IDD Prevention Campaign 2003 (15MB)
(Power Point)
UNICEF, 2003
IDD Prevention Proposed Communication Strategy
PSI, 2002
IDD Prevention Communication Action Plan (Excel Table)
UNICEF (developed by PSI), 2002
National Media Recall Survey (51 pages)
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the IDD Prevention campaign conducted in 2002 - 2003.
UNICEF (PSI, Mercury Research), December 2003
LEGISLATION
Government of Romania Decision
Regarding universal iodization of salt intended for human and animal consumption and for use in the food industry on the territory of Romania.
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SALT PRODUCTION
Findings from Salt Distribution Survey 2003 (51 p.)
UNICEF (PSI Romania), 2003
Findings from Salt Distribution Survey 2002 (48 p.)
UNICEF (PSI Romania), 2002
Iodine content of commercial salt collected from the distribution network, warehouses and salt mines (4 pages) prepared by the Institute for Public Health in Bucharest, 2003
Pickling Study, Romania 2003
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MONITORING
Iodine Deficiency in Pregnant Women (3 page summary) Research conducted in 2003 -2004 by the Institute for Mother and Child Care in Romania
UNICEF, 2004
For more surveys see also the Communication and the Salt Production sections above.
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| FACT SHEET |
Population:
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22,334,000
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Annual no. of births:
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233,000
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Median UI concentration in school children (mcg/L) (year):
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64
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Households using adequately iodized salt (>15 ppm iodine):
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53%
(2002) |
Production of IS maintained without external support :
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Yes |
National law/regulation on IS:
(table Y, food grade Y, animal N)
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Yes |
Enforcement system:
(production N, import N, market N)
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No |
National coalition members include public, private and civil society:
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No |
Iodized salt labeling:
(distinct Y, education message Y)
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Yes |
Elimination of ID is in curriculum:
(primary N, health profession N)
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No |
Stage of the programme:
Increase supply
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Supp. |
Fact sheet sources of information and explanation of categories.
See also: Regional Indicator Framework |
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