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Universal dietary salt iodization (UDSI) was implemented in Niger in 1996. However, since 2000 there was a slowdown in progress against iodine deficiency. Objective: The objective was to assess iodine nutritional status of infants and their lactating mothers living in Dosso, the state capital of a severe iodine deficiency region in Niger. Methods: The study was centered on 238 full-term infants and their mothers. Some of the data collected were: arm cir- cumference (AC), head circumference (HC) of infant; familial thyroid disease history; the infant feeding method; age of the mother and child; parity, occupation and educational level of the mother. Results: In infants, the urinary iodine concentration (UIC) ranged from 20 to 1600 µg/l with a median of 220 µg/L and 17.23 % had iodine deficiency (UIC 0.05). Spearman's correlation test indicated weak significant correlation between maternal and infant UIC (r = 0,167, p = 0, 01). Conclusion: Iodine status was suboptimal in 70% of mothers and 17% (mild to moderate) of breastfed infants, thus indi- cating an urgent need to provide iodine supplement for lactating women in Dosso.

Iodine Status of Breastfed Infants and their Mothers after Sixteen Years of Universal Dietary Salt Iodization Program in Dosso, Niger