Double-fortified salt containing folic acid and iodine improves the folate status of non-pregnant Ethiopian women compared with iodized salt and does not impair their iodine status: a community-based, household randomized, three-arm, dose-response trial

10.7910/DVN/JZCF2N The Nutrition, Environmental Health, and Non-communicable Disease Research Directorate of EPHI Double-fortified salt containing folic acid and iodine improves the folate status of non-pregnant Ethiopian women compared with iodized salt and does not impair their iodine status: a community-based, household randomized, three-arm, dose-response trial Harvard Dataverse 2025 Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Ethiopia, NIPN NIPN Ethiopia Ethiopian Public Health Institute Masresha Tessema Debritu Nane Meseret Woldeyohannes Isaac Agbemafle Isaac Agbemafle Christine M McDonald Charles D Arnold Charles D Arnold Mengistu Fereja Feyissa Challa Homero Martinez Homero Martinez Biniyam Tesfaye Getachew Tollera Mandana Arabi Kenneth H Brown Kenneth H Brown Bedasa Tessema 2025-08-19 2025-08-19 2025-08-19 2024-04-01/2024-12-31 4131517 297966 1072912 302203 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf 2.0 Custom terms specific to this dataset The double-fortified salt (DFS) survey was conducted to test the acceptability and intake of salt fortified with both iodine and folic acid (IoFA), in comparison to standard iodized salt (IS). The study also examined how DFS affects biomarkers for folate and iodine status, and whether any serious side effects occurred. Nutrition International, with financial support from the Gates Foundation