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The ICCIDD Board of Directors held its annual meeting in Moscow on April 27-28, 2008.The meeting was graciously organized by Gregory Gerasimov, ICCIDD Regional Coordinator for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and a Moscovite himself.

The Chairpersons were ICCIDD Chair, Prof. G.Burrow and the Director of the
Moscow Endocrinology Research Center, Prof. G.Melnichenko.They opened the Round Table with short welcome speeches. After that Prof. E.Troshina
(Endocrinology Research Center) made a presentation on current status of IDD elimination program in Russia.

Only 30% of households in Russia are consuming iodized salt. IQ levels in schoolchildren in most regions are below 100 suggesting the adverse impact of iodine deficiency on brain development.

Prof. F.Azizi (Iran) reported on successful elimination on IDD in Iran. Prof. E.Pretell (Peru) reviewed the remarkable progress achieved in the Americas. Prof. G.Gerasimov (Russia) discussed IDD elimination in countries of Common-wealth of Independent States (CIS). Legislation or other normative documents on USI were adopted in 10 out of 12 countries of the CIS.Three countries have reached the goal of USI and elimination of iodine deficiency (Turkmenistan, Armenia and Kazakhstan) and several others are close to this goal.

Only Russia and Ukraine are lagging behind.

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