Thiamin deficiency in low- and middle-income countries: Disorders, prevalences, previous interventions and current recommendations

Nutrition and Health
Casey R JohnsonGerald Combs

Abstract

Thiamin deficiency is a major public health concern in several low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)-current attention to the problem is lacking. This review discusses prevalence of thiamin insufficiency and thiamin-deficiency disorders (TDDs) in LMICs, outlines programmatic experience with thiamin interventions, and offers recommendations to improve public-health and research attention to thiamin in LMICs. Thiamin insufficiency, i.e. low-blood-thiamin status, is endemic among several Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia (70-100% of infants and 27-100% of reproductive-age women); Laos (13% of hospitalized infants); Thailand (16-25% of children and 30% of elderly adults). Thiamin deficiency accounts for up to 45% of under-5 deaths in Cambodia, 34% of infant deaths in Laos, and 17% of infant deaths in Myanmar. Deficiency also exists in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, but these instances have typically been isolated. Exclusively breastfed infants of thiamin-deficient mothers are at highest risk for TDD and related death. Intervention strategies that have been employed to combat thiamin deficiency include food processing, fortification, supplementation, dietary diversification, and dietary behaviors, all of which have shown varyi...Continue Reading

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