41. Dietary iodine deficiency may also play a role. 42. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual disability. 43. Nationwide, the biggest problem has been iodine deficiency , a leading cause of brain damage in unborn children. 44. The result : Iodine deficiency was quickly eliminated in the cities and many densely populated eastern provinces. 45. Iodine deficiency is linked to goiter, a thyroid condition that causes swollen throats and other health problems.46. Goals set at the 1990 gathering included the eradication of polio, guinea-worm infection and iodine deficiency disorder. 47. The main problem in eliminating iodine deficiency is that politicians tend to ignore the problem, Karpov said. 48. Iodine deficiency disorders are endemic in all countries studied except parts of Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.49. In 2002, the Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency was launched at the Special Session for Children. 50. One of the common ailments that afflict tribals is goitus-- primarily due to iodine deficiency in drinking water.
