Table 4.

Role of the organizations working for the elimination of iodine deficiency disorder in Pakistan.

Name of organization	Role in IDD prevention program
UNICEF	Focuses on advocacy, demand generation, monitoring and legislation64
Micronutrient Initiative	Supports salt iodization program implementation through financial and technical assistance to salt producers, government, and departments of health112
World Food Program (WFP)	Provides funding for IDD prevention program112
WHO	Provides funding, recommendations, standards, and protocols64
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)	Focuses on the supply and quality of iodized salt production, monitoring, and evaluation113
World Bank	Provides funding for the IDD prevention program64
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Provides funding for the GAIN-UNICEF partnership project in 16 countries including Pakistan113
South East Asia Iodine Deficiency Disorders Elimination Action Group (SEA-IDDEA)	Reviews the status of USI, looking for constraints and remedies and partners for action against IDD64
The Nutrition Wing of the Ministry of Health	Provides overall policy formulation, strategy approval, monitoring and supervision of program implementation, quality control and regulatory enforcement of the salt processors in their respective areas64
Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority	Works on quality control and quality assurance, helps in development of internal and external monitoring protocols, with assistance of DoH, Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF64