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News archive
Iodine in the news - articles from 2009 to the present.
11. February 2011
Pakistan pledges "100 percent iodized salt availability" by 2015
The Network for Consumer Protection in Islamabad announced February 11 that it has assurances from Pakistan's Ministry of Health that all of Pakistan's food salt will be iodized by the year 2015. Remarks...
10. February 2011
India's prime minister focuses on "leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health"
Perhaps the greatest challenge to overcoming IDD is not technical; it's political. Thus, when Indian prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh last week at an international policy consultation in New Delhi,...
08. February 2011
Dramatic progress on iodized salt use in Tibet
As recently as 2005, only one-third of the population of Tibet (34%) had access to iodized salt, despite IDD being endemic to the region. A special Ministry of Health initiative has produced dramatic...
07. February 2011
Australian aboriginals suffer "moderately severe" iodine deficiency: ICCIDD's Eastman
New research published in the Medical Journal of Australia by ICCIDD vice chair and Regional Coordinator Dr. Cres Eastman, says the iodine deficiency identified is causing neuro development damage to the...
02. February 2011
Ghanaian women take lead in iodizing salt
With support from a UN World Food Programme project, women in northeastern Ghana have organized themselves as an independent enterprise to iodize, bag and distribute iodized salt, the WFP announced ...
01. February 2011
Social media singing the praises of iodized salt
Iodized salt comes to Facebook! Marketers of Fidel Iodized Salt in the Philippines wax lyrical. Mag Iodized Salt para maging matino ang iboto... Walang Bobo, Walang Talo Kung Iodized Salt ang ...
01. February 2011
Indian study confirms where iodized salt is available population health improves
A new study in the Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal by Shubha Bhat addresses the basic assumption of all salt iodization programs: whether having iodized salt available to the population translates...
31. January 2011
WHO renews ICCIDD's official status
ICCIDD continues to enjoy its official status with the World Health Organization allowing ICCIDD to address WHO meetings on issues such as Universal Salt Iodization.
24. January 2011
Indonesian salt iodization part of national nutrition campaign
Half of all Indonesian children consume inadequate amounts of vitamins and minerals, according to the Center for Justice and Care for Society (PKPU) as reported in the Jakarta Globe, January 24. "Only 62...
06. January 2011
Filipino campaign focus on preventing thyroid disease
January 23-29 is Goiter Awareness Week in the Philippines, by presidential proclamation, the Philippine Information Agency has announced. "This awareness campaign is focused on informing pregnant and...
05. January 2011
Haitian children woefully iodine deficient
A year after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, the UN World Food Program has documented that fully 72% of Haitian children ages 6-12 suffer from iodine deficiency, Examiner.com reports. Five percent...
01. January 2011
ICCIDD outlines "What success looks like" in global campaign against IDD
ICCIDD executive director David Haxton has outlined the outcomes that should define "success" in the global campaign against iodine deficiency disorders. The key is achievement of universal salt...
29. December 2010
U.A.E. launches IDD monitoring program
The health ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will launch a permanent iodine deficiency surveillance and monitoring system for the country. The program is based on a 2008...
01. December 2010
Iran achieves iodine sufficiency
Iran has a achieved -- and sustained -- iodine sufficiency, a new study published in Acta Medica Iranica reports. The principal investigator for the study is ICCIDD regional coordinator Fereidoun Azizi...
30. November 2010
Global demand for iodine surges - but not for iodized salt
A new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. projects the global iodine market to reach 28,110 metric tons by 2015. Most of the growth is attributable to the strong demand for optical polarizing films...
29. November 2010
U.S. updates iodine guidance
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently posted an updated fact sheet on Iodine calling Americans' attention to the importance of adequate iodine intakes. Unfortunately, it virtually...
28. November 2010
Salt banks in Ghana to boost consumption of iodized salt
Salt the primary vehicle to provide iodine fortification, Karie Atkinson of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition in an online photo essay about progress in Ghana. The essay points out that...
05. November 2010
EU authorizes iodine health claim
The European Food Safety Authority has authorized food manufactures to include on their labels the claim "iodine contributes to the normal growth of children, NutraIngredients.com reports. Approval is...
02. November 2010
Filipino salt traders to test quality of iodized salt
The iodized salt marketplace in the Philippines will ensure consumers get the iodine they expect when they buy iodized salt through a new partnership of salt traders and local public health authorities,...
01. November 2010
Infant iodine intakes highlights Nov. IDD Newsletter
Even where expectant mothers are receiving enough iodine, weaning infants may not get enough, according to Dr. Michael Zimmermann, ICCIDD deputy regional coordinator for Western and Central Europe and...
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