Establishing the Long Term mechanism is the Inevitable Choice for Sustainable Eliminating Iodine deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Gansu Province

摘要

Gansu located in the intersection of Yellow Soil plateau, Mongolian Plateau, Qinghan and Tibet Plateau, northwestern of china. The area is 450,000 square kilometers, and the distance is 1655 kilometers from east to west. There are nearly 26 million people and 42 nationalities in this region. In 2004, the GDP is 156 billion Yuan, the average peasant pure income is 1500 Yuan. In Gansu province, 76% population is peasant, and there are 2,200,000 who living level is under the poor criterion. There are 41 national level poor counties and 12 provincial level poor counties are in Gansu now.