CCDN News is the Newsletter of the Cassava Cyanide Diseases Network (CCDN). The CCDN is a free network with about 250 members worldwide commenced in June 2001, which is working towards the elimination of konzo, TAN and other cassava cyanide diseases.

CCDN News will consider for publication short articles and letters (1-2 pages A 4 double spaced) written in English concerned with the following subjects:

1. Cyanide poisoning, konzo, TAN, goitre and cretinism facilitated by cyanide intake from cassava and any other cyanide diseases due to cassava.
2. Reduction of cyanide intake from cassava through agricultural and nutritional means such as by broadening the diet of cassava consumers through introduction of new crops, pulses, vegetables and fruits, and by reducing the cyanide content of cassava varieties through selection and breeding. The effect of environmental factors such as drought on cyanide levels in cassava.
3. Processing methods for conversion of cassava roots to stable food products of low cyanide content.
4. Chemical analysis to determine the total cyanide content in cassava roots and products and thiocyanate in urine.
5. Other relevant matters of interest.

Because CCDN News is a newsletter, full-size original papers or reviews cannot be considered for publication. Material published in CCDN News may be freely reproduced, but always indicate that it comes from CCDN News. Please send all correspondence to the CCDN Coordinator, Dr J Howard Bradbury.  

Previous issues may be viewed on this site as follows:

CCDN News 1. June 2003  
CCDN News 2. December 2003  
CCDN News 3. June 2004
CCDN News 4. December 2004
CCDN News 5. June 2005
CCDN News 6. December 2005
CCDN News 7. June 2006
CCDN News 8. December 2006
CCDN News 9. June 2007
CCDN News 10. December 2007
CCDN News 11. June 2008
CCDN News 12. December 2008