Availability of adequately iodized salt at the household level in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is a global, regional, and national public health problem that is preventable. Universal salt iodization is a worldwide accepted strategy to prevent IDD. The level of iodine in the salt should be adequate at the household level (≥15ppm). Though there was fragmented evidence on the proportion of adequately iodized salt at the household level in Ethiopia, the national level proportion of adequately iodized salt at the household level was remaining unknown. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis estimated the pooled proportion of adequately iodized salt at the household level in Ethiopia from 2013-2020.

Method

We systematically searched the databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Science Direct for studies conducte

SUBMITTER: Alamneh AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7886221 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature