Iodized Salt Coverage Study 2010: Household Consumption and Consumer Behavior about Iodized Salt in Rural Areas of Select States of India

Pandav, Chandrakant S; Yadav, Kapil; Kumar, Rakesh; Ansari, M. Athar; Karmarkar, M G

doi:10.9734/ejnfs/2015/21173

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“…In 1994, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Joint Committee on Health Policy recognized USI as a safe, cost-effective and sustainable strategy to ensure sufficient intake of iodine by all individuals19. Salt iodization, which costs less than ₹0.2 per person per year20 and has been rated as one of the most cost-effective development interventions (ratio of 1:81) by Copenhagen Consensus Statement 200821 and subsequently again in 201222.…”

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National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme: Current status & future strategy

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2018

Indian J Med Res

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Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) constitute a significant public health problem globally. In India, the entire population is prone to IDDs due to deficiency of iodine in the soil of the sub-continent and thus both animal and plant source food grown on the iodine-deficient soil. IDDs encompass the spectrum of disability and disease and include goitre, cretinism, hypothyroidism, abortion, stillbirth, brain damage, learning disabilities, mental retardation, psychomotor defects, hearing and speech impairment. Iodine deficiency is known to be the single largest cause of preventable brain damage. IDDs with their causal association with brain development, cognition, and learning disabilities impair the human resource development and progress of the country. The children born in iodine-deficient regions on an average have 13.5 intelligence quotient (IQ) points lesser than children born in iodine-sufficient regions. IDD control programme in India is a public health success story, with 92 per cent of the population consuming iodized salt. The partnership between government agencies, academic institutions, salt industry, development agencies and civil society has been key to achieve this success story. The sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in India is within reach, what is required is accelerated and coordinated effort by all key stakeholder at national and State level.

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