Albania

Albania is an iodine deficient country. This leads to a variety of problems including

stillbirth, abnormalities in newborn, and learning problems in children. There will be a general significant lowering of ability of a population in the worst hit areas.

MCAI’s study looked at whether a dose of iodine given to iodine deficient children improves their intellectual performance. This study has now been completed satisfactorily and the results of the study are published in medical journals. The results will affect the care of children not only in Albania but worldwide.

We have distributed iodine capsules to school children in the study area.