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News archive
Iodine in the news - articles from 2009 to the present.
19. October 2011
Ghanaian salt iodization mobilizes media
Ghana's Food and Drugs Board recently conducted a workshop for journalists "to propagate the need to sue iodated salt," ModernGhana reported October 19. Among the topics presented were iodine deficiency...
12. October 2011
Filipino town requires sale of iodized salt
Adding local muscle to the national Filipino campaign for iodized salt, the town of Siayan in Zamboanga del Norte has enacted a municipal ordinance requiring grocers and restaurants to sell and use ...
02. October 2011
Angola launches iodized salt awareness campaign
Angola's National Institute for Consumer Protection is promoting the use of iodized salt in a new campaign tied to International Day, October 19. The objective is to inform the public to insist on buying...
18. September 2011
Pakistani survey finds food insecurity, iodine deficiency
About 60% of Pakistan's population faces food insecurity according to a new National Nutrition Survey reported by The Express Tribune (with the International Herald Tribune) in September. Iodine...
18. September 2011
Salt-deprived Afghans catch a break
Many American charitable groups, including churches, have voiced concern about the plight of women in Afghanistan. News comes from the Missoulian (Missoula, MT) that one group is doing something more ...
11. July 2011
Substituting organic for conventional milk could compromise brain development: UK study
A new study by Bath and colleagues from the University of Surrey and published in the British Journal of Nutrition examines the iodine concentration in organic versus conventional cow's milk and concludes...
09. July 2011
Indian court continues ban on non-iodized food salt
The Supreme Court of India has granted a 6-month extension of the ban on non-iodized salt, but the justices urged the Legislature to enact a more permanent policy, warning: "if it fails to take any ...
06. July 2011
National coalition in the Philippines sees progress with small co-ops
A coalition of local salt producers (TAMACO) in partnership with GAIN, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, UNICEF, government agencies and two salt industry associations, is seeing progress in its...
03. July 2011
Backsliding in Sri Lanka prompts promise of enforcement
The government of Sri Lanka reported July 3 that consumption of iodized salt has slipped to 58% because consumers are purchasing non-iodized "salt that is discolored or contain(s) impurities." By law, ...
22. June 2011
Yet another study confirms salt as best vehicle for iodine fortification
The study results were unsurprising. What was surprising was that the sponsoring organization released them. The Scottish Food Standards Agency conceded in a study released June 22 that salt intake in...
17. June 2011
Kazakhstan lab certified part of regional resource labs for iodine
UNICEF, the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan and the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition have announced Kazakhstan will provide the resource laboratory for 15 countries in the region in order to reinforce...
11. June 2011
British teenage girls iodine deficient: Lancet
As first reported here in mid-April and then again this week published in Lancet and reported in the general media, a new study of British teenage girls has found the majority are mildly iodine deficient...
08. June 2011
Brain development, poverty in Mozambique
Two-thirds of African children don't officially exist -- they don't have birth certificates, reports theHuffington Post. A story from a World Bank official describes the role of iodine and other vital...
02. June 2011
Zimmerman becomes new ICCIDD executive director
ICCIDD has a new executive director: Swiss scientist Michael Zimmermann. Since 2005, Zimmermann has been editor of ICCIDD’s flagship IDD Newsletter. Zimmermann pledged renewed emphasis on protecting...
01. June 2011
Haxton steps down as ICCIDD Executive Director
David P. Haxton has stepped down as executive director of ICCIDD, a position he has held since 2005. His primary message has been: IDD is the most preventable form of mental retardation, and optimal ...
27. May 2011
Jordan achieves "sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency"
Zawya.com reports that Jordan's 2010 National Survey to Assess Iodine Deficiency Disorders among School Children has documented a reduction in goiter prevalence from 33.5% in 2000 to 4.9%. The study of 4...
25. May 2011
Relapse in Vietnam?
People who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Vietnam's Central Endocrine Hospital has just reported that use of iodized salt in Hanoi has plunged from nearly 100% in 2005 to 25.6% today...
16. May 2011
China customizes salt iodization level
May 15 was "Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day" in China and the Ministry of Health used the occasion to announce that the single national standard for iodized salt in the world's most populous...
13. May 2011
WHO extends University of Pisa's Collaborating Center
The University of Pisa Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism will continue for at least another four years as a World Health Organization "Collaborating Center for the Study and Treatment of Thyroid...
07. May 2011
UAE achieves 94% coverage of iodized salt; celebrates success
The United Arab Emirates conducted a seminar this week celebrating its achievement of IDD freedom; 94% of the population has access to iodized salt. ICCIDD chair Jerry Burrow and regional coordinator...
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