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Iodine in the news - articles from 2009 to the present.

17. August 2009

Combat IDD: One of 3 strategies in global campaign for women

NY Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof equates the slavery issue of the 19th century and totalitarianism of the 20th century with 21st century's brutality and denigration of women in an August 17 piece on...

01. August 2009

August IDD Newsletter hits timely topics

The August IDD Newsletter is now available, featuring articles on use of iodized salt in baking, the importance of iodine in women's health and country reviews of India, Cameroon, Ethiopia and ...

30. July 2009

Tamil Nadu prioritizes iodine sufficiency

More than 153 million Indians suffer iodine deficiency disorders, yet India's third-largest salt producing state, Tamil Nadu has a high goiter incidence, 6.3% according to a report in Express Buzz in...

29. July 2009

Weak monitoring, enforcement blamed for salt iodization problems in Ghana

UNICEF project leader Rebecca Ahun has diagnosed the root cause of Ghana's problem-plagued salt iodization efforts: weak government monitoring and enforcement efforts as reported by the Ghana News Agency...

14. July 2009

Pakistan promotes iodized salt

Karachi's The News (International) reported July 14 the proceedings of a thyroid awareness event sponsored by the Pakistan Endocrine Society. The story quoted Prof. Najm-ul-Islam declaring: "The use of...

03. July 2009

Ghana salt iodization program undercut by poorly-iodized salt

The Ghana News Agency reports that ICCIDD Board member, Dr. Ebinezer Asibey of the University of Ghana, on July 2, presented a study he'd done with the Deputy Director of Public Health assessing the ...

01. July 2009

Jordan announces long-term plan to boost iodized salt

Jordan announced a new 9-year plan to expand key nutrition programs, the Jordan Times reports. The 2010-2019 National Nutritional Plan "aims to reduce the prevalence and burden of diet-related diseases ...

25. June 2009

Hetzel awarded prestigious Pollin Prize for "pioneering research in iodine deficiency"

Basil S. Hetzel, AC, MD, FRCP, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Adelaide, Australia and the first/founding Executive Director of ICCIDD, has been honored to receive the 2009 Pollin ...

27. May 2009

Focus on pockets of IDD in Thailand

Jot ASEAN asks "Where in Thailand does iodine deficiency persist? And why?" Even in countries with commendable progress, wiping out areas of persistent IDD is a worthy endeavor.

23. May 2009

Hidden hunger in Guinea-Bissau: NY Times

Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times "gets It' about micronutrient malnutition, including the need to fortify salt with iodine. And he's doing a great job educating the American public as his "The...

21. May 2009

Small risks of excess iodine outweighed by risk of iodine deficiency: Zimmermann

ICCIDD director Dr. Michael Zimmermann summarizes current issues of IDD in the June issue of Endocrine Reviews. His conclusion: "Introduction of iodized salt to regions of chronic iodine deficiency may...

14. May 2009

ICCIDD completes UAE iodine survey

Results of an ICCIDD survey of iodine nutrition in the United Arab Emirates have been compiled and the final report is being prepared. Thanks to Izzeldin Hussein, Feroudin Azizi, David Haxton, Pieter...

01. May 2009

May IDD Newsletter features ICCIDD declaration on optimizing iodine nutrition

Articles on Cambodia, Nigeria, Pakistan and others are featured in the May 2009 IDD Newsletter, just posted. The issue also features an ICCIDD Declaration on the Importance and Safety of Optimizing ...

25. April 2009

Economic & Political Weekly features analysis of India's efforts to combat ICC

ICCIDD South Asia Regional Coordinator, Dr. Chandrakant S Pandav, and colleagues, have published an analysis of efforts to eliminate iodine deficiency in India and called for "an alternative approach and...

24. April 2009

Nigerians "war" on IDD. See threat double that of HIV/AIDS

Would that public health education could always be this helpful! The Gospel According To Okumephuna Chukwunwikezarramu carries an extended explanation of Nigera's "War against iodine deficiency disorder...

31. March 2009

Ethiopian health minister touts USI

Ethiopia is on track to providing iodized salt to its entire 77 million population by 2010, health minister Dr. Theodros Adhanom said in March at a ceremony launching a new iodized salt facility, as...

30. March 2009

China: wise beyond her years

America's National Public Radio (NPR) ran a March 30 story about a Chinese college sophomore who returned to her home village, got herself elected mayor, and instituted an aggresive reform program...

28. March 2009

UAE wants to confirm IDD-free achievement

The United Arab Emirates is seeking confirmation that its salt iodization efforts have overcome IDD in that Gulf state, according to a story released by the Emirates News Agency. The story ...

09. March 2009

Bolivia touts 91% iodized salt access, continuing need

Here's the story in its original language: "Otro indicador importante relacionado con la desnutricion es la deficiencia de yodo en la dieta, que ocasiona desordenes por deficiencia de yodo, entre ellos...

26. February 2009

Most US prenatal multivitamins lack iodine: NEJM letter

ICCIDD Board member Elizabeth Pearce of the Boston University Medical Center reports in the Feb. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that 51% of US prenatal multivitamins contain NO iodine. ...

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