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ABOUT ICCIDD
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ICCIDD MANDATE The vision of ICCIDD
is a world virtually free from iodine deficiency disorders with national
endeavors in each country to maintain optimal iodine nutrition, primarily
through universal consumption of iodized salt. The mission of ICCIDD
is to advocate to governments, citizens, and development agencies a
priority commitment to iodine nutrition through a multidisciplinary
approach that involves all relevant partners. ICCIDD believes that country programs must be fully supported nationally for sustained success, and will work with all partners and national entities towards that end. |
ICCIDD Mandate has been established:
ICCIDD DESCRIPTION
The International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) is the only international organization specifically constituted to promote the elimination of IDD. ICCIDD's multidisciplinary global network of experts consists of some 400 specialists from more than 82 countries. They include scientists in the medical and nutrition fields, public health administrators, development managers, technologists, communicators, economists, salt technologists and other industry experts. All of them are committed to assisting governments and international agencies in developing national programs for the virtual elimination of IDD as a public health problem.
ICCIDD was formed in 1986 with support from UNICEF, WHO and the Australian government in order to bridge the gap between available knowledge and its application in solving the problem of IDD for the millions at risk. ICCIDD has played a major role in communicating the IDD threat to decision makers of national governments and international agencies and to a wide variety of health professionals and planners.
By participating in public policy development and advocacy, program development, implementation and training, ICCIDD consultants assist countries with significant IDD problems to develop national IDD control programs, in cooperation with:
- national governments
- institutions and individuals
- private industries and welfare agencies
- major international agencies
- key bilateral aid giving agencies
ICCIDD is a non-profit, non governmental organization (NGO) with official consultant status with WHO and the UN system and an official participant in the annual World Health Assembly.
GLOBAL MILESTONES IN IDD AWARENESS
1960 The World Health Organization (WHO) presents the first comprehensive review of goiter on world scale, underlining the severity of the problem. However in spite of the successful elimination of IDD in a number of industrialized countries, only very slow progress is made in developing countries during the next 15 years.
1974 The World Food Council is the first of a number of international organizations over the next decade to call for the elimination of goiter.
1983 The concept of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) is introduced with emphasis on the effects of iodine deficiency on brain function.
1985 With support from UNICEF, WHO & Australian government the ICCIDD is founded in order to bridge the gap between avail able knowledge and its application.
1987 The United Nations Sub-Committee on Nutrition establishes an IDD Working Group to receive an Annual Report of Progress.
1990 The 43rd World Health Assembly in Geneva recognizes IDD elimination as a major priority.
The UN World Summit for Children, attended by 71 Heads of State and representatives of 15 governments, adopts a plan action that includes the virtual elimination of IDD by the year 2000.
1991 Ending Hidden Hunger (A policy conference on Micronutrient Malnutrition) Montreal, Canada.
1992 The 45th World Health Assembly and the WHO-FAO International Conference on Nutrition Commitment confirmed.
2001 The Partnership for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency founded in Paris, France.
2002 World Summit for Children.
CONSULTING SERVICES
ICCIDD, a non-profit NGO, cooperates with major international agencies, particularly UNICEF and WHO, and bilateral aid agencies in the development and execution of national IDD elimination programmes in countries with significant IDD problems. ICCIDD's global network of consultants work in every area of IDD, including:
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ICCIDD BOARD of DIRECTORS
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Executive Committee
Chairman Emeritus
Committee Chairs
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Regional Coordinators
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Other Board Members |
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For more information, please contact the following ICCIDD offices:
Executive Committee:
| Prof. Jack Ling School of Public Health & Trop. Med., Dept. of Int'l Health, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70112, Telephone: 504-584-3542 Fax: 504-584-3653 Email: jling@tulane.edu and 200 East 27th St, #9F, New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (212)481-8031
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Dr. Gerard N.
Burrow (US/Canada) Sea Research Foundation |
Dr. John T.
Dunn (USA) University of Virginia Health System P. O. Box 801416 Charlottesville, VA 22908 Phone: 434 924 5929 Fax: 434 243 9195 E-mail: jtd@virginia.edu |
| Dr. Peter
Walker (Canada) Dean's Office, Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa 451 Smyth Road Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada Phone: 613 562 5800, ext. 8113 Fax: 613 562 5457 E-mail: pwalker@uottawa.ca |
Dr. Pieter
Jooste (South Africa) Nutritional Intervention Research Unit Medical Research Council P. O. Box 19070 Tygerberg 7505, Cape Town, South Africa Phone: 27 21 938 0370 Fax: 27 21 938 0321 E-mail: pieter.jooste@mrc.ac.za |
Dr. Sangsom
Sinawat (Thailand) Nutrition Division Department of Health (MOPH) Tiwanon Road Nonthaburi Province 11000, Thailand Phone: 66 2 591 8162/3 Fax: 66 2 590 4339 E-mail: nutritio@health.moph.go.th |
| Ms. Judith Mutamba (Zimbabwe) 249 Arcturus Road P. O. Box GD 533 Greendale, Harare, Zimbabwe Phone: 263 4 495180 E-mail: jmutamba@africaonline.co.zw |
Mr. M. G.
Venkatesh Mannar, President (Canada) The Micronutrient Initiative P. O. Box 56127 250 Albert Street, 4th Floor Ottawa, K1R 7Z1, Canada Phone: 613 782 6814 Fax: 613 782 6838 E-mail: vmannar@micronutrient.org |
Chairman Emeritus:
| Dr. Basil S.
Hetzel (Australia) C/- Children's Health Development Foundation 8th Floor, Samuel Way Building Women's and Children's Hospital 72 King William Road North Adelaide 5006, Australia Phone: 61 8 8161 7021 Fax: 61 8 8161 7221 E-mail: iccidd@a011.aone.net.au |
Committee Chairs:
| Mr. David
Haxton (USA) 909 Elizabethan Drive Greensboro, NC 27410 Phone: 336 852 9256 Fax: 336 855 7886 E-mail: DPHaxton@aol.com |
Prof. Jack Ling Ling, School of Public Health & Trop. Med., Dept. of Int'l Health, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70112, Telephone: 504-584-3542 Fax: 504-584-3653 Email: jling@tulane.edu and 200 East 27th Street, #9F, New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (212)481-8031 |
Mr. Richard L.
Hanneman (USA) Salt Institute 700 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314-2040 Phone: 703 549 4648 Fax: 703 548 2194 |
| Dr. Hans Burgi
(Switzerland) Verenaweg 26 CH 4500 Solothurn, Switzerland Phone: 41 32 622 0302 Fax: 41 32 621 2435 E-mail: buergi@smile.ch |
Dr. Gerard N.
Burrow (US/Canada) Sea Research Foundation 55 Coogan Boulevard Mystic, CT 06355 Phone: 860 572 5955, ext. 401 Fax: 860 572 5969 E-mail: gburrow@searesearch.org |
Regional Coordinators:
| AFRICA:
Professor Dan Lantum (Cameroon) |
AFRICA:
Ms. Judith Mutamba (Zimbabwe) |
AMERICAS:
Dr. Eduardo A. Pretell (Peru) |
| AFRICA:
Dr. John O. Egbuta (Nigeria) |
AFRICA:
Dr. T. Ntambwe-Kibambe (Congo) |
AMERICAS:
Dr. Erick Boy Gallego (Guatemala) |
| ASIA PACIFIC
Dr. Creswell J. Eastman (Australia) |
CHINA - FAR
EAST:
Dr. Chen Zu-Pei (China) |
EASTERN
EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA:
Dr. Gregory Gerasimov (Russia) |
| MIDDLE EAST:
Dr. Fereidoun Azizi (Iran) |
SOUTH EAST
ASIA:
Dr. Chandrakant S. Pandav (India) |
WEST/CENTRAL
EUROPE:
Dr. Aldo Pinchera (Italy) |
Other Board Members
| Mrs. M. N.
Asuquo (Nigeria) Union Dicon Salt PLC P. O. Box 3208 Surulore, Lagos, Nigeria Phone: 234 4526 445, 454, 402 Fax: 234 4526 445 E-mail: diconsalt@linkserv.com |
Dr. Francois
Delange (Belgium) Avenue de la Fauconnerie 151 1170 Brussels, Belgium Phone: 32 2 675 8543 Fax: 32 2 675 1898 E-mail: fdelange@ulb.ac.be |
Dr. G. Robert
DeLong (USA) Department of Pediatric Neurology Duke University Medical Center P. O. Box 3936 Durham, NC 27710 Phone: 919 684 3219 Fax: 919 681 8943 E-mail: delon006@mc.duke.edu |
| Mr. Zhihua Dong
(China) China National Salt Industry Cooperation Lianhuachi, Guangwai Street Fengtai District, Beijing, China Phone: 86 010 63428999 Fax: 86 010 63272355 E-mail: dzh@public.gb.com.cn |
Dr. Creswell J.
Eastman (Australia) Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research Westmead Hospital Westmead NSW 2145, Australia Phone: 61 2 9845 6188 Fax: 61 2 9891 6908 E-mail: eastmanc@icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au |
Ms. Ana Maria
Higa Yamashiro (Peru) Ministerio de Salud Calle El Cortijo No. 219 Salamanca Lima 03, Peru Phone: 511 4358502 Fax: E-mail: ahigay@minsa.gob.pe and achch@viabcp.com.pe |
| Dr. Izzeldin S.
Hussein (Oman) Regional Association RISPA P. O. Box 60 MQ 115 C-Hashmia-M-S Thai Embassy Building Sultanate of Oman Phone: 968 69 77 89 Fax: E-mail: izzuhat@omantel.net.om |
Dr. Ludmila
Ivanova (Bulgaria) Nutrition Laboratory National Center of Hygiene, Medical Ecology, and Nutrition 15, Dimiter Nestorov Street Floor 6, Laboratory 5-6 Sofia 1431, Bulgaria Phone: 359 2 5812 528 Fax: 359 2 9581 277 E-mail: ignatov@bulinfo.net |
Dr. Lorenzo
Locatelli-Rossi (Zambia) c/o UNICEF P. O. Box 33610 Lusaka, Zambia Phone: 260 1 2613123 Fax: 260 1 2613123 E-mail: rossi@coppernet.zm or brossi@unicef.org
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| Dr. Glen
Maberly (USA) PAMM, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University Department of International Health 7th Floor, 1518 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30322 Phone: 404 727 4553 Fax: 404 727 4590 E-mail: gmaberl@sph.emory.edu |
Mr. Bernard
Moinier (France) European Salt Producers' Association 17, rue Daru 75008 Paris, France Phone: 01 47 66 5290 Fax: 01 47 66 5266 E-mail: bmoinier@eu-salt.com |
Dr. Constance
S. Pittman (USA) Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism University of Alabama School of Medicine University Station Birmingham, AL 35294 Phone: 205 934 0800 Fax: 205 934 0890 E-mail: cpittman@endo.dom.uab.edu |
| Mr. E.
Sigurdsson (Iceland) P. O. Box 8405128 Reykjavik, Iceland Phone: 354 581 2068 Fax: 354 581 3034 E-mail: sigurdsson@kiwanis-rsc.be |
Prof. Soekirman
(Indonesia) Jalan Siaga Raya Komplek Bappenas A-1 Pejaten Barat, Jakarta 12510, Indonesia Phone: 62 21 799 2993 Fax: 62 21 798 7130 E-mail: skirman@rad.net.id |
Mr. S.
Sundaresan (India) Office of the Salt Commissioner Government of India P. O. Box 139 Jaipur 302 001, India Phone: 91 141 553 352 Fax: 91 141 516 571 E-mail: Lavan@raj.nic.in |
| Dr. Claude
Thilly (Belgium) Department of Community Medicine Ecole de Sante Publique CP 590, Route de Lennik, 808 1070 Brussels, Belgium Phone: 32 2 555 4077 Fax: 32 2 555 4040 E-mail: cthilly@ulb.ac.be |
Dr. Charles H.
Todd, G-12 5/99 (Belgium) Human and Social Development (Unit B/3) DG-Development European Commission 1049 Brussels, Belgium Phone: 32-2-299-0289 Fax: 32-2-296-3697 E-mail: charles.todd@cec.eu.int |
Dr. Yan Yuqin
(China) Institute of Endocrinology Tianjing Medical University 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District Tianjing 300070, People's Republic of China Phone: 86 22 2352 56 08 Fax: 86 222 337 0618 E-mail: yanyuqin@peoplemail.com.cn |
All of the following are taken from the IDD Newsletter in the indicated issues.
Iodized Oil in Pregnancy, Volume 11, Number 2, May 1995.
ICCIDD Statement of Iodine-Induced Thyrotoxicosis (Jodbasedow), Volume 11, Number 4, November 1995.
Recommended Iodine Levels in Salt and Guidelines for Monitoring Their Adequacy, Volume 13, Number 1, February 1997.
All of the following are taken from the IDD Newsletter in the indicated issues.
FAO/WHO Endorse Iodate and Iodide for Iodization, Volume 7, Number 3, August 1991.
The Safety of Iodate as a Salt Additive, Volume 11, Number 2, May 1995.
Resolution on IDD (by the Executive Board of WHO), Volume 12, Number 1, February 1996.
Quito Declaration of Universal Salt Iodization, Volume 10, Number 2, May 1994.