Iodine Global Network (IGN)

Papua New Guinea

Median UIC 170 (2005) National, WRA (15-49 years)
Population Iodine Status Adequate
* MUIC, median urinary iodine concentration
* HHIS, percentage of households consuming iodized salt (>0 ppm) among all tested households
SAC: school-age children / WRA: women of reproductive age / PW: pregnant women

NEWS

22. November 2019

Iodine status of non-pregnant women and availability of food vehicles for fortification with iodine in a remote community in Gulf province, Papua New Guinea

Research article by: Janny M. Goris, Victor J. Temple, Joan Sumbis, Nienke Zomerdijk, Karen Codling

PUBLICATIONS

Physiotherapy in the treatment of endemic cretinism in the Western Highlands of New Guinea (PDFAchtung Link öffnet sich in einem neuen Fenster)
E.S.G Kelly
Aust J Physiother 1974, XX(1): 45-48
Endemic Goitre in Eastern New Guinea: With Special Reference to the Use of Iodized Oil in Prophylaxis and Treatment (PDFAchtung Link öffnet sich in einem neuen Fenster)
Ian H. Buttfield & Basil S. Hetzel
Bull Wld Hlth Org 1967, 36: 243-262

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Victor Temple
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