A 15-year UK cohort study shows that severe prenatal iodine deficiency is associated with a 4-point decline in verbal intelligence at age 15, while abstract reasoning remains unaffected. Despite evidence of iodine's importance, many prenatal vitamins contain inadequate amounts of this critical micronutrient. — "Army scientists energize battery research" by U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. (CC BY-SA 2.0)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
