The Micronutrient Report Current Progress and Trends in the
Control of Vitamin A, Iron, and Iodine Deficiences John B.
Mason, Mahshid Lotfi, Nina Dalmiya, Kavita Sethuraman, and Megan
Deitchler, with Scott Geibel, Kari Gillenwater, Amy Gilman,
Karen Mason, and Nancy Mock MI 2001, ISBN 1-894217-18-7, $20 140
pp., paper, 6¾" x 9¾" Résumé français à venir deficiencies are a
significant cause of malnutrition and associated ill health
throughout the world. This is particularly true in the
developing world, where nearly 20% of the population suffers
from iodine deficiency, about 25% of children have subclinical
vitamin A deficiency, and more than 40% of women are anaemic.
Micronutrient deficiencies also lead to impaired growth and
cognitive development, birth defects, cretinism, and blindness,
as well as decreased school and work performance and poor
general health. summarizes current data on the prevalence of
vitamin A, iodine, and iron deficiencies and reports on the
implementation and progress of programs to bat