Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency and
Millenuim Development Goals

Elimination of Iodine Deficiency will contribute to
at least six of the Millennium Development goals:

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Eliminating iodine deficiency will increase learning ability and intellectual potential, leading to higher earnings. In addition, the burden of diseases and pathologies related to ID will be eliminated.

Achieve Universal Primary Education
Children will have improved cognitive development and learning capacity, leading to improved school performance and reduced drop out rates.

Promote gender equality and empower women
Eliminating ID in children reduces childcare burden for women, frees up household resources and allows women more time for income generating work.

Reduce child mortality
Reduced ID contributes to decreased rates of miscarriages, stillbirths, and other pregnancy complications, as well as early neonatal deaths.

Improve maternal health
Eliminating ID in women will reduce rates of miscarriages, thyroid diseases and other clinical outcomes of ID, thus improving the health status of women of reproductive age.

Develop a global partnership for development
The programs for sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency ensure a strong partnership of public, private and civil society at the global, regional, and country level.

For complete list of the MDGs
and their indicators please refer to:

UN - Millenium Development Goals >