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Activity
UNICEF Salt Iodization in Afghanistan
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Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghor, Hilmand, Hirat, Jawzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Nuristan, Paktika, Paktya, Panjsher, Parwan, Samangan, Sari Pul, Takhar, Uruzgan, Wardak, Zabul
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| Program |
Health
(Increasing access of women and children to quality basic health services) |
| Dates |
October 2008
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September 2009
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| Partner |
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
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In 2003, Afghanistan embarked on Universal Salt Iodization (USI) through a public and private partnership with financial resources from USAID, the Government of Japan, and other donors with the goal of eliminating iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) by ensuring that 90% of the households in Afghanistan have access and consume iodized salt. Small-scale salt traders were identified who agreed to form cooperatives that were provided with salt iodization plants and in turn, cooperatives contributed land, buildings, personnel and operational costs for iodized salt production. This funding continues the support for the provision of potassium iodate, for creating awareness and demand for iodized salt, and providing quality control and monitoring.
All Health activities
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