A scourge that damages babies’ brains is coming back Yet iodine deficiency is startlingly easy to prevent

"Between 1993 & 2019 salt-iodisation schemes are estimated to have prevented 720m cases of deficiency worldwide, with improvements to cognitive development and earning power leading to a net economic benefit of $32bn a year." www.economist.com/leaders/2024...

Almost finishing my thesis and I can say I am 98% an afro pessimist now. The ability of Africans to perpetuate the same cycles of oppression is beyond comprehension and truly maddening. Exactly why I believe few are actually mad at corruption; instead of not benefiting from the corruption.