Micronutrient Initiative’s President Venkatesh Mannar and the University of Toronto’s Dr. Levente Diosady developed a process to double fortify salt with iron and iodine that keeps the nutrients stable and efficacious.
Poor diets can cause severe iodine and iron deficits, with devastating repercussions on brain development and on maternal and child mortality in vulnerable populations. These deficits reduce individual and national productivity, resulting in serious economic consequences.
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Universal use of salt makes it an ideal vehicle to deliver nutrients regularly on a long-term basis. Double-Fortified Salt (DFS) protects 3.6 million children daily in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Studies have confirmed DFS’s potential to benefit more than a billion people, improve health and productivity, and promote healthy brain development.
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