I think this is an excellent area to focus on—though I am maybe biased in that I favor quality of life interventions over quantity of life interventions (one might say that I find the Repugnant Conclusion especially repugnant).
My main curiosity as regards iodine supplementation specifically is whether it is currently neglected enough to be a good cause area. That it can be dramatically efficient when successful is pretty clear I think, but it’s also an area where many governments do make ongoing efforts (for example, India has a National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme). Are there private organizations that do good work in filling in the gaps or compensating for the failures in these government programs?
I think this is an excellent area to focus on—though I am maybe biased in that I favor quality of life interventions over quantity of life interventions (one might say that I find the Repugnant Conclusion especially repugnant).
My main curiosity as regards iodine supplementation specifically is whether it is currently neglected enough to be a good cause area. That it can be dramatically efficient when successful is pretty clear I think, but it’s also an area where many governments do make ongoing efforts (for example, India has a National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme). Are there private organizations that do good work in filling in the gaps or compensating for the failures in these government programs?
I’m not an expert on this but here are a few links:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/is-iodine-deficiency-still-a-problem-in-subsaharan-africa-a-review/6C87E944AF05DEE3B7821D986D2F1B77
https://www.givewell.org/international/technical/programs/salt-iodization
https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/iodine-global-network-general-support-december-2020/