Product composition approved by government
Imported products meet national quality standards
Knowledge of the benefits of the intervention among beneficiaries
Early initiation of breastfeeding (Recommended)
Exposure to behavior change communication strategies.
Timely introduction of complementary foods (Recommended)
Continued breastfeeding at 1 year (Recommended)
Minimum acceptable diet (Recommended)
Government commitment to salt iodization
Multi-sector coalition on salt iodization is active
Legislation on salt iodization for food grade salt consumed by humans
Regulation for iodized salt includes definitions of national standards
Internal quality control by domestic producers of iodized salt
Imported iodized salt is adequately fortified
Subsidies for iodized salt production phased out
Standard operating procedures available for monitoring and enforcement by food control agency
Household coverage with iodized salt
Urinary iodine concentrations in children, non-pregnant or pregnant women
Key stakeholders support a programme for large-scale fortification of wheat or maize flour
Anaemia status as measured by blood haemoglobin
The total amount of wheat or maize flour produced for domestic human consumption
Folate status as measured by red blood cell folate
Folate status as measured by serum or plasma folate
Iron status as measured by serum or plasma ferritin
Prevalence of neural tube defects
Average additional amount of micronutrients delivered daily by consumption of fortified flour
Consumer recognition of the logo for fortified wheat or maize flour
The target population knows key messages on fortification of wheat or maize flour
The number of large-scale wheat- or maize-flour mills in the country
Sufficient resources to carry out regulatory monitoring of large-scale fortification of flour
Legislation in place for mandatory large-scale fortification of wheat or maize flour
Technical standards for large-scale fortification of wheat or maize flour
Guidelines in place for large-scale inspection and standards enforcement of flour mills
Industrial mills with equipment for fortification installed and properly working
The quantity of premix procured in line with the quantity of flour milled and fortified
Labelling of packaged fortified flour or flour products at retail outlets follows standards
Premix meets national regulations and requirements for large-scale fortification
Tested premix samples meet specifications for fortification according to country standards
Comparison of the planned and actual flour samples collected at mills for regulatory monitoring
Quality assurance and quality control procedures in place at large-scale flour mills
Samples of flour from mills meet fortification specifications according to country standards
Percentage of fortified wheat or maize flour available on the national market
Certificate of Conformity for imported fortified flour
Samples of imported fortified flour tested meet fortification specifications
Households consuming fortified flour (fortified flour coverage)
Retail and market samples of flour and products made from flour meet fortification specifications
Consumption of fortified wheat- or maize-flour products over the past 7 days
Average additional content of micronutrients in fortified flours (micronutrient provision)
Average daily intake of fortified flour (fortified flour consumption)

eCatalogue of indicators for micronutrient programmes