Iodine Global Network (IGN)

Iodine in the global news

01. June 2010

Australian Thyroid Foundation urges pharmacists to show leadership on iodine nutrition

The Australian Thyroid Foundation has sent out information packs to pharmacies around Australia to help them discuss the importance of adequate iodine intake, including supplementation, with their pregnant and breastfeeding customers, Pharmacy News...

25. May 2010

Today, May 25, is World Thyroid Day

The European Thyroid Association and American Thyroid Association etablished World Thyroid Day, May 25, back in 2008 to promote public awareness of thyroid disease. Thyroid disease, today the most widely occurring endocrine disorder, represents a ...

21. May 2010

ICCIDD advocates before World Health Assembly

ICCIDD chairman Jerry Burrow spoke May 21 before the World Health Assembly of the UN World Health Organization reminding delegates -- national health ministries -- of their commitment to provide status reports every 3 years on their progress against ID...

15. May 2010

China celebrates 17 years of progress with National IDD Day and high-level forum

More than 100 high-ranking officials and global iodine experts gathered for a one-day forum in Beijing May 15 to celebrate China's 17th National IDD Day. Read the full ICCIDD report on the meeting. The group discussed hot issues including ...

01. May 2010

May IDD Newsletter features progress and challenges in Iraq, Europe, elsewhere

Top features in the just-released May edition of ICCIDD's IDD Newsletter examine progress and remaining challenges in war-emergent Iraq and the widespread pockets of iodine deficiency throughout Europe. Other features in this issue include reviews of...

30. April 2010

Sri Lanka elevates nutrition policy, cites iodine success

Sri Lanka earns kudos for prioritizing nutrition among its healthcare priorities, reports the Daily Mirror (Columbo). "The most rewarding success in one aspect of micronutrient malnutrition is that the reduction of iodine deficiency disorders has...

18. March 2010

Gulf Cooperation Council countries to declare their countries IDD free

A meeting attended by experts from the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) and GCC countries was held on 18th of March in Kuwait to discuss the situation of micronutrient deficiencies in the region with focus on...

18. March 2010

Unfinished agenda: eliminating iodine deficiency in Thailand

Noting that "Iodine deficiency is considered the most important preventable cause of brain damage by the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children's Fund and the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders," the...

08. March 2010

NY Times on top investments in women's health

NY Times science writer (and blogger) Nicholas Kristoff has done another outstanding article which identifies salt iodization as a top-ranked investment in improving the health and welfare of the women of the world.

01. March 2010

U.A.E. Health Ministry tackles IDD

Using a high-profile news conference in Abu Dhabi, Dr Mahmood Fikri, Executive Director for Health Policies at the Ministry of Health of the United Arab Emirates affirmed the priority of his ministry in combatting iodine deficiency disorders. Izzeldin...

25. February 2010

Secretariat for IDD elimination formed in Egypt

As a result of the Round Table "Challenges Strategies and solutions to achieve sustained elimination of iodine deficiency disorder in Egypt” organized by ICCIDD and UNICEF in March 2009, to establish the national IDD secretariat, the Government announced...

24. February 2010

Iodine supplements in pregnancy questioned

A recent article in the journal Epidemiology studies the iodine status of pregnant women, concluding that iodine is essential for maternal health and fetal development, but that women entering pregnancy with sufficient iodine from diet and iodized salt...

24. February 2010

Iodine supplements in pregnancy questioned

11. February 2010

Azerbaijan announces new iodized salt plant

"Due to the high demand for iodized salt," Azerbaijan is constructing a new iodized salt plant to be completed later this year, Trend Capital announced.

09. February 2010

Progress in Bali

Rogers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" painted Bali as a tropical paradise and, in many ways, it is. But until its iodine nutrition problem was addressed, life for many on this Indonesian island was less than optimal. A story in the Jakarta Post...

09. February 2010

Call for IDD legislation in Pakistan

The Network for Consumer Protection, a new civil coalition, apparently heavily composed of Pakastani journalists, met this week to to create awareness among different segments of society about iodine deficiency disorders, reported The Daily Times...

01. February 2010

NZ says: Take it with a grain of iodized salt

New Zealand's Food Safety Agency is promoting the use of iodized salt, according to an article in TVNZ. "Nutrition programme manager David Roberts says iodine is an essential nutrient for growth and development, however iodine deficiency is re-...

01. February 2010

February IDD Newsletter features updated Global IDD Scorecard and progress in Sri Lanka and more

Sri Lanka has created a successful salt iodization program that has reduced goiter incidence from 20.9% in 1995 to just 3.8% ten years later. That measure does not capture the full devastation of IDD, however, as another article in the February IDD...

01. February 2010

Secretariat for IDD elimination formed in Egypt

15. January 2010

Connie Pittman (1929-2010) R.I.P.

ICCIDD has lost a longstanding leader and inspiration. Connie Pittman passed away on January 15 at age 81. Her obituary highlighted "her dedication, especially in the fight against iodine deficiency, (which) has improved the lives of thousands of ...

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