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Mozambique:
Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency Status and Actions
Current Micronutrient Status 2004
| 80% | Estimated prevalence of IDA in children under 5 years of age |
| 54% | Estimated prevalence of IDA in women age 15-49 |
| 1,470 | Estimated annual no. of maternal deaths from severe anemia |
| 134,000 | Estimated annual no. of children born mentally impaired |
| 17% | Total Goitre Rate |
| 14,000 | Estimated annual no. of child deaths precipated |
| 26% | Estimated % of children under 6 with sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency |
| 1,500 | Estimated annual no. of neural tube birth defects |
| 1.2% | Estimated % of GDP lost to all form of VM deficiency |
| - | Type of programme (M = mandatory, V = Voluntary, P = Proposed) |
| - | IRON (parts per million) |
| - | FOLIC ACID (parts per million) |
| 62% | Estimated % of household salt iodised |
| 71% | Estimated % of children receiving at lease one dose of vitamin A per year |