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  • Title: Cost-effectiveness of a wetting method intervention to reduce cassava cyanide-related cognitive impairment in children.
    Author: Chen C, Kashala-Abotnes E, Banea Mayambu JP, Mumba Ngoyi D, Tshala-Katumbay D, Mukeba D, Kunyu M, Boivin MJ, Wu F.
    Journal: Nat Food; 2021 Jul; 2(7):469-472. PubMed ID: 37117687.
    Abstract:
    Cassava cyanide-related neurocognitive impairment may persist for years in Central African children who rely on cassava as a dietary staple. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a cassava processing method, the 'wetting method', reduced cyanide in cassava, prevented konzo, and proved a cost-effective intervention to improve children's cognitive development. Scaling up use of the wetting method may help prevent neurocognitive impairment in millions of at-risk children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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