Improving Public Health in the Americas by Optimizing Sodium and Iodine Intakes – A Meeting Summary. 2011

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Improving Public Health in the Americas by Optimizing Sodium and Iodine Intakes – A Meeting Summary. 2011 Synchronization of salt iodization and dietary salt reduction programs brings together several stakeholders at international and national levels: the agencies working to optimize iodine supplementation and those focused on cardiovascular disease prevention; national governments; and various sectors of the salt and food industries. When the knowledge and experience of the stakeholders involved in the two programs are coordinated, at a common goal of mutual benefit, cost savings can be realized for healthcare systems.