17. June 2014
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa launched three varieties of low-cost salt: double-fortified salt, low-sodium salt, and refined free flow iodized salt. 'Amma Salt', an initiative of the Tamil Nadu...
11. June 2014
As Kashmir moves from rock salt of Pakistan to iodized salt, there is a remarkable reduction in iodine deficiency among schoolchildren of the Valley. A recent study by the endocrinology department of the...
17. December 2013
A formulation of salt fortified with iodine and iron may combat both anemia and iodine deficiency, but some scientists have doubts.
03. February 2009
"Salt—one of the cheapest commodities going and used universally—is being used as a vehicle to deliver key micronutrients, reports the Feb. 3 LiveMint.com Indian outlet of the Wall Street Journal. Noting...
30. January 2009
It was about a quarter century ago that ICCIDD was founded to lead a re-orientation of public health response to the broad problem of iodine malnutrition. The challenge: to re-educate people that the...