LAHORE, June 19: The experts have said Universal Salt Iodisation (USI) programme in Pakistan has achieved the level of success which could not be thought of a few years back. Addressing a meeting held ...

Pakistan has made tremendous progress in elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs). Health Executive District Officer Dr Abdul Rauf said this while addressing sanitary inspectors attending a ...

Thirty-four laboratories have been set up in the Punjab to monitor salt iodisation, said Dr Khawaja Masuood Ahmed, the national programme manager for Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) and Universal ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis are among the most iodine deficient people in the world, the audience at a seminar was informed on Thursday. The seminar was organised to mark Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder ...

While universal iodisation of salt helped control iodine deficiency disorders, it could be increasing the risk of high blood pressure, a leading cause of heart ailments especially in the elderly, says ...

Despite steep challenges, including frequent natural disasters, poverty rates, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has defied the odds to make progress in its development goals. It bucked the global ...

Salt is ordinary, cheap and ubiquitous — and for decades, it has been a delivery vehicle for iodine, a micronutrient essential for the physical health of mothers and children. Iodine deficiency in ...

Around 20 percent of the surveyed children aged under five years, suffer from iodine deficiency, finds the National Micronutrient Survey 2019-20. This is the first-ever revelation on the country's ...

The World Food Programme, (WFP) on Wednesday identified vitamins and mineral deficiency as silent killers of women and children in developing countries. Ms. Trudy Bower-Pirinis, WFP Representative, ...

Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine in the earliest years of life, according ...