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Burundi

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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA
   
Goiter  
Most Recent Goiter Survey  
Date: 1990 (17 provinces)
Note: Survey in 1991 in general population in 4 most affected provinces.
Groups Surveyed: School age population 7 - 12 yrs.
Sample Size: 30,487 children in 128 schools for 1990 survey
4193 children for 1991 survey
Sampling Method: Not reported
Estimated Goiter Prevalence:

Age Group

Sample Size

Prevalence ( %)

7-12 (1990)

30,487 children (13,705  girls and 17,782 boys )

-          42% with goiter

( 27% with palpable goiter –IA, 12% with visible goiter with neck in extension -IB and 3% with visible goiter – II & III)

General population (1991)

4193 persons

42% with goiter

(18% goiter IA, 14 goiter IB, 10% goiter II&III)
 
Urinary Iodine
Most Recent Urinary Iodine Survey: (same surveys as above)
    School age children: 1990, 334 urine samples
    General population: 1991, 341 urine samples
 
Estimated Prevalence of IDD:  Indicator < 100 microgram/L
 

Region/Group

Sample size

Prevalence in Sample

Est. Pop. Affected
7 - 12 yr old children 334

< 2ug/dl         15  %

< 5ug/dl         47.7%

<10 ug/dl       80.4%

 

  

 
TSH
    TSH was measured and more than 16% of the sample had levels higher than the reference population. (No other information reported.)
 

POLICY & LEGISLATION
 

Legislation on IDD
    

IDD legislation in Burundi was passed in April, 1992.  Iodization of salt is mandatory at the level of 50 ppm at customs.

 
Government Agency to Address IDD
    

The government agency that deals with IDD is the MoH/Lutte contre les maladis transmissibles et Carentielles (LMTC).  It functions as both a coordination agency and a monitoring agency.
    

Contact information:  Marianne Barutwanayo
   
     

PROGRAM DATA
Supplementation
     Oral supplementation with iodized oil capsules is not currently used, but was used from 1991 to 2001.  It targeted primary school children and pregnant women in health centers.
Fortification
Production and Importation of Salt
    

There is no iodized salt production.
    

The total annual national production of iodized salt was not reported.
     Iodized salt is imported from Tanzania (85%) and the rest comes from Kenya and Eritrea.
    

The intended level of iodization of imported salt is 50 ppm.
    

Salt iodine content is checked at customs.
    

*   In 2001, 95.9% of the salt checked had 15 ppm or more, done via rapid test kits.
Retail
   

*  The average retail cost of iodized salt is 300 Fbu or US$0.30.
 
Household Consumption
     The estimated daily per capita consumption of salt is 7g/day.
     The estimated percent of adequately iodized salt consumed as a national avgerage is not known.         
 

Iodized Salt Survey (2000)

 Survey level

 

Date

Geographic area/ other grouping

 Sample size

 Sampling method

 % of Sample with < 15 ppm % of Sample with 15+ ppm

Household

2000

 nationwide 3979 NR 4.1 95.9

NR = Not Reported

 

 
Other Programs
    

Awareness about IDD is raised through radio messages.
   
 
 
MONITORING
 
Salt Iodine
Current monitoring activities for iodine levels in salt
     Spot checks are made in markets using UNICEF salt testing kits. 

IDD Indicators
     There is no ongoing monitoring of goiter rate.
     
     
PROGRAM RESOURCES
 
Donor and Implementing Agencies Involved in IDD Programs

 

Implementing Agency

 

Description of Activities

MoH

Monitoring

 

UNICEF

Technical assistance, supply of test kits

 

Belgian Cooperaration

Technical assistance , funds

 

 
 
IDD Program Funding History and Projections  - Not Reported