A groundbreaking study has shown that adding folic acid to iodized table salt can effectively prevent critical birth defects, offering a simple, affordable preventive measure for global implementation.The importance of women having enough folic acid in their bodies before and during pregnancy to prevent permanent and life-threatening birth defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly, has been known for decades.
The participants of an international study on the effectiveness of adding folic acid to iodized table salt in the prevention of serious birth defects hold containers of the fortified salt they received as part of the study. Credit: University of Central Florida “This is a global goodwill involving the health of mothers and babies. We are making sure we apply the knowledge we have,” says Vijaya Kancherla, an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Rollins. “These are preventable birth defects and once it happens, you cannot cure it. Surgeries and clinical care are expensive and largely not available in low- and middle-income countries. Due to that, most babies with spina bifida die globally.
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