Iodine Concentration in Breastmilk and Urine among Lactating Women of Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Adequate iodine concentration in breastmilk (BMIC) is essential for optimal neonatal thyroid hormone synthesis and neurological development in breastfed infants. For many decades, iodine deficiency has been a public health problem in Nepal. However, recently, excessive iodine intakes among Nepali infants have been reported.

saltPAD: A New Analytical Tool for Monitoring Salt Iodization in Low Resource Settings.

We created a paper test card that measures a common iodizing agent, iodate, in salt. To test the analytical metrics, usability, and robustness of the paper test card when it is used in low resource settings, the South African Medical Research Council and GroundWork performed independent validation studies of the device. The accuracy and precision metrics from both studies were comparable.

Survey of iodine deficiency and intestinal parasitic infections in school-going children: Bie Province, Angola.

Objective: To obtain baseline pre-intervention prevalence levels of iodine deficiency and parasitic and helminth infections in school-going children in Bie Province, Angola.

Design: A cross-sectional study conducted in randomly selected schools. The target population was children aged 6-10 years.

Methods for determination of iodine in urine and salt.

Good quality data on iodine concentrations in urine and salt samples are indispensable for the efficient management of national salt iodisation programmes and for evaluating iodine interventions. Most of the analytical methods for urinary iodine concentration are based on the manual spectrophotometric measurement of Sandell-Kolthoff reduction reaction catalysed by iodine using different oxidising reagents in the initial digestion step. Other analytical methods include semi-quantitative methods, a microplate method, automated methods; and the technologically advanced methods include the inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometer method.