The Micronutrient Initiative

Iodized Salt Now in 70 Percent of World Households -- Up from 20 Percent Compared with Two Decades Ago

12-12-2007

Experts team up to reach 100 percent coverage to help prevent lower IQ and brain damage in the womb... more

Lack of Vitamins and Minerals Impairs
A Third of World Population
Report urges fast action to prevent further damage to the health,
intellect and vitality of people in developing countries

03-23-2004

As many as a third of the world’s people do not meet their physical and intellectual potential because of vitamin and mineral deficiencies... more

Iodine Deficiency To Be Eliminated Worldwide By 2005
International Partnership will meet UN goal

05-08-2002

Iodine deficiency, the single most important cause of preventable mental and developmental disabilities, will be virtually eliminated worldwide within three years as the result of a unique international partnership... more

Double Fortified Salt, A Major Public Health Breakthrough
Addition of Iron and Iodine to Salt can Improve the Health of
More than Half the World’s Population
Annual cost will be less than 15 cents per person

05-04-2000

The health of more than half the world’s population can soon be improved as a result of a new salt double-fortification technology developed by the Micronutrient Initiative and the University of Toronto... more

New Advances in War Against 'Hidden Hunger'
Micronutrient Deficiencies Can Be Conquered Globally

07-31-1997

An intensive drive to end micronutrient malnutrition, which has led to 1 million maternal deaths, up to 500,000 childhood deaths and blinded 5 million children over the past decade, is having widespread success in key countries... more