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31. October 2019
New National Surveys in India
Two new national surveys in India confirm achievement of optimal iodine nutrition in all age groups.
11. August 2018
India: Strategy to meet demand for iodized salt necessary for healthy life
Chennai sources stated that Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) is a major public health problem in the state and this is why daily consumption of iodized salt was the devised strategy. Meanwhile a large...
26. October 2017
Global IDD Prevention day observed
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day was observed today at IMA Hall Lamphelpat under the theme Daily Consumption of Iodised Salt is the Solution to the problem of Iodine Deficiency Disorders...
22. October 2017
India: Kohima village declared ‘first non-iodized salt free village’
Kohima village was declared the “first non-iodized salt free village” and has pledged to procure, stock, sell and consume only iodised salt. According to DIPR report, the declaration was made during...
27. March 2017
Kashmir begins a goiter and iodine status survey
The Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar has started goiter survey in various areas. The study is being done in collaboration with Department of Biochemistry and...
22. February 2016
India: Congenital hypothyroidism needs early detection
Congenital hypothyroidism is one of the most common, preventable causes of mental retardation. Worldwide, congenital hypothyroidism affects one in 3,800 newborn babies on an average. Studies from Mumbai...
26. October 2015
After iodine, an iron shot for salt
The double-fortified salt has cleared animal trials, with mice fed with it showing rise in haemoglobin For several years now, iodine has been a standard ingredient in common salt that we use in India....
03. September 2015
Indian 'Tata Salt' launches iodized salt fortified with iron
Tata Salt, one of the leading players in the branded iodised salt market, today announced the launch of India's first national brand of packaged iron-fortified iodized salt, Tata Salt Plus in Tamil Nadu...
18. June 2015
Raising awareness of the importance of iodine in Tamil Nadu, India
About 2 million children in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu are prone to Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) and hence the personnel at the public distribution outlet should explain the importance of...
15. June 2015
India: Research needed to confirm if iodine bindis are effective
An initiative called 'Life Saving Dot' is trying use bindis, small dots worn by women between their eyebrows, to deliver an essential micronutrient to women who might not be getting enough. That's the...
08. June 2015
Iodine bindis: Science or swindle?
Can you imagine an idea by a Singapore-based advertising agency and the research and development by an NGO in India to make a bindi coated with iodine that claims to be able to save countless Indian...
20. May 2015
Indian state of Odisha to test iodine levels in retail and household salt
In order to reduce increasing cases of Iodine Deficiency Disorder in the state, the Public Health department of Odisha is set to start a campaign to check the quantity of iodine in iodized salt. ...
20. April 2015
Iodine bindis should be taken with a pinch of salt
It seems like a brilliantly simply idea. Indian women with iodine deficiencies could be spared severe medical conditions, says an advertising agency, if they use a special version of an everyday beauty...
06. April 2015
More than half of retail salt is not iodized in Coimbatore district, India
In a recent drive by the food safety department in the district, officials found that over 50% of salt samples that they collected were not iodized, making the salt substandard. With iodine deficiency...
28. February 2015
IDD sensitization meeting held in Manipur, India
A one-day state level sensitisation meeting of National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Program (NIDDCP), Manipur was organised by the National Rural Health Mission (IDD cell) at the MACS Conference...
19. January 2015
Families in Uttar Pradesh, India, to receive free double-fortified salt
Uttar Pradesh government will provide Meerut and nine other districts with salt fortified with iron and iodine free of cost, under a pilot project to be launched soon. The salt will be made available...
11. January 2015
India pledges financial assistance for goiter control in Nepal
India today pledged to provide Rs 69 million as assistance to Nepal to launch an iodine deficiency programme across the country. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae handed over a cheque of Rs 17. 25...
06. January 2015
India requires a National Salt Policy to achieve 100% USI
India requires a comprehensive National Salt Policy to achieve 100% Universal Salt Iodization (USI) and to address the numerous issues faced by the salt industry, industry experts said on Monday (5...
24. October 2014
Survey shows 92% of families in Manipur, India are using iodized salt
The State Directorate of Health Services has observed Global Iodine Deficiency Disease Prevention Day at the Jubilee hall of RIMS today. Speaking as the chief guest of the function, Health minister...
18. September 2014
Iodine deficiency survey kicks off in Punjab, Northern India
The authorities of Ludhiana district in Punjab are initiating a survey to measure iodine levels in 2,700 school children aged between 6 and 12 years from over 30 district areas. A school will be ...
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