The dietary guidelines emphasize promotion of health and prevention of disease, of all age groups with special focus on vulnerable segments of the population such as infants, children and adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and the elderly. Other related factors, which need consideration are physical activity, health care, safe water …
The dietary guidelines emphasize promotion of health and prevention of disease, of all age groups with special focus on vulnerable segments of the population such as infants, children and adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and the elderly. Other related factors, which need consideration are physical activity, health care, safe water …
This report documents the work of the UNICEF-GAIN Partnership Project, to improve iodine nutrition through salt iodization. It highlights the success of the global effort to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) as a public health problem. The report also provides insights on how to better target programme vulnerabilities, sustain global …
The introduction last month of double fortified salt (DFS)—containing an iron supplement in addition to the usual iodine—brings a new edge to the fight against malnutrition. The use of iodised salt has considerably reduced the incidence of endemic goitre; double fortification will extend the fight to anaemia. Using DFS for …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government is keen on including iodised salt in the public distribution system (PDS) in order to ensure access by the lowest rung of the society and tackle the high prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) in the population, said Health Secretary Anu Garg . The proposed project …
Iodine deficiency is endemic in West Bengal as evident from earlier studies. This community-based, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in North 24 Parganas district during August-November 2005 to assess the consumption of adequately-iodized salt and to ascertain the various factors that influence access to iodized salt. In total, 506 households …
Iodine deficiency diseases on the rise againIDDS, or Iodine Deficiency Disorders, have never been on the government list of priority health issues. Till now, that is. A recent cross-country study by the Directorate General of Health Services, Indian Council of Medical Research and state health directorates have thrown up alarming …
Pakistan is rated 6th amongst the countries, where iodine deficiency is a serious public health problem. Talking to Business Recorder, Dr Arif Azad, Executive Coordinator, The Network for Consumer Protection said that with significant advances in salt iodization campaign, Pakistan is lagging behind its South Asia. "For the past many …
The number of goitre patients in the greater Rangpur district (Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Gaibandha and Nilphamari) has been increasing day by day due to iodine deficiency, according to a survey conducted by a NGO recently. The bad effect of the paucity of iodine is that it hinders mental and physical …
KARACHI (March 25 2009): Iodine is an essential micro-nutrient required for normal physical and mental growth and development. This was said by Dr Captain Abdul Majid, Special Secretary for Health, Government of Sindh while addressing a seminar on Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Pakistan, organised by City District Government Karachi …
COIMBATORE: The Central Government is organising a special campaign to promote the use of iodised salt among tribal women. The Coimbatore unit of the Directorate of Field Publicity, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, has launched a programme,
Hyderabad, Oct. 20: People of the state are still unable to get iodised cooking salt of proper standards that helps fight goitre, retardation in children and reproductive failure in females. Health experts are sad that even on Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day, which falls on October 21, no thought is …
Nearly 42 million Indians are suffering from thyroid disease, doctors said on the International Day of Thyroid on Sunday. According to the Indian Thyroid Society (ITS), thyroid disorders are among the most common and yet most under-diagnosed of all health problems, making it a hidden disease. Experts said women are …
while all Indian states are complying with the Centre's notification on mandatory iodised salt from May 17, Maharashtra is still open to non-iodised salt following the Bombay High Court's interim stay on the notification. On May 16, the court had stayed the November 17, 2005, notification of the Union ministry …
as the Union health ministry's 45-day deadline for comments and suggestions regarding the withdrawal of the ban on non-iodised salt approaches (June 24), conflicting reports in the media have created confusion in the people's minds. What has served to exacerbate matters is the fact that the reports emanate from within …
On the importance of iodine in our body: Iodine serves as a raw material for making thyroxin, a hormone, which is produced by the thyroid gland. Since iodine and thyroxin are required for the development of the brain, the single most important cause of mental retardation today is iodine deficiency. …
