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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润湿法干预减少儿童木薯氰化物相关认知障碍的成本效益

在以木薯为主食的中非儿童中，与木薯氰化物相关的神经认知障碍可能会持续多年。在刚果民主共和国，一种木薯加工方法“润湿法”减少了木薯中的氰化物，预防了 konzo，并被证明是一种改善儿童认知发展的具有成本效益的干预措施。扩大润湿法的使用可能有助于预防撒哈拉以南非洲数百万高危儿童的神经认知障碍。