CM/Res.844 (XXXVI)
RESOLUTION ON THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTION OF ENDEMIC GOITER IN AFRICA
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty-sixth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 February to 1 March, 1981,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the report on endemic goiter in Africa adopted by African Experts at their meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 13 to 17 October 1980 (Document CM/1096 (XXXVI),
Noting that the preventive treatment is the best means of eradicating endemic goiter and endemic cretinism;
RECOMMENDS that Member States of the Organization of African Unity should ensure:
kitchen salt iodination as first prophylactic measure while controlling the modes of application (dosage, distribution);
for economic reasons, establishment of regional salt iodination factories for those countries which cannot procure them nationally.
CALLS ON the OAU Secretary-General to pursue his present efforts by organising a meeting of Specialists in goiter every two years.