Could adding folic acid to salt curb Ethiopia’s sky-high rate of spinal cord deformities?

University of California, Davis Emeritus Professor Kenneth Brown lead a team of U.S., Canadian and Dutch scientists working with ReachAnother Foundation and experts at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to develop a plan to address the high incidence of neural tube defects. The result was an issue brief released by EPHI in May, titled “Preventing Neural Tube Defects in Ethiopia”, that recommended the government consider salt fortification.

Link to the full article: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/could-adding-folic-acid-salt-curb-ethiopias-sky-high-rate-spinal-cord-deformities