Iodine Global Network (IGN)

Bahrain

Median UIC 247 (2012-13) National, SAC (6-12 years)
Population Iodine Status Adequate
* MUIC, median urinary iodine concentration
* HHIS, percentage of households consuming iodized salt (>0 ppm) among all tested households
SAC: school-age children / WRA: women of reproductive age / PW: pregnant women

NEWS

25. June 2014

Bahrain announces "zero iodine deficiency" status

Bahrain’s Health Minister Sadiq bin Abdul-Kareem Al-Shehabi expressed his delight at the Kingdom’s accomplishment of "zero iodine deficiency" status, thus becoming the first country in the eastern...


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Izzeldin Hussein
Muscat, Oman
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Nadia Mohamed Gharib