扎伊尔是中非碘缺乏疾病最严重的地区,长期存在地方性甲肿和克汀病。为使其患病率减少到原来的50%,准备在今后6年里对100多万患者进行碘油治疗。这一计划是去年4月在扎伊尔召开的国际碘缺乏会议上提出的。据世界卫生组织联合报道,认为扎伊尔是世界地甲、地克最为严重的地区之一。患 Zaire is the region with the most serious deficiency of iodine deficiency in Central Africa, where endemic penicillin and cretinism persist. In order to reduce its prevalence to 50%, it plans to treat more than one million patients with lipiodol over the next six years. This plan was put forward at the International Iodine Lack Conference held in Zaire last April. According to a joint report by the World Health Organization, Zaire is considered as one of the most severely affected areas in the world. Suffering