ACHIEVING USI AS PER RECOMMENDATIONS OF WORLD SUMMIT-THE GUJARAT EXPERIENCE
Access to sufficient iodine remains a major concern in Public health approach. Iodine deficiency is viewed as the most common preventable cause of mental retardation and brain damage in world today. The most vulnerable groups found are the children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. Hence, the medical research council believes a multipronged approach is required to strengthen the positive trends to achieve USI. As a global effort, Universal salt iodization is one of the most successful public health efforts of the past two decades to eradicate IDD. The technology for salt iodization is cost effective, 1. at the same time will reach all populations irrespective of the socio economic status.
Sirimavo Nair
Department Of Foods and Nutrition, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, M.S.University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat-390002, India
国际会议
9th International Symposium on Salt(第九届世界盐业大会)
北京
英文
1633-1634
2009-09-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）