Salt iodization in Pakistan skyrockets |
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In the past year, salt iodizaiton in Pakistan has jumped from 17% to 67%, spurred by a national coalition led by the UN World Food Programme, UNICEF, the Micronutrient Initiative and the Ministry of Health. Pakistan has been a particularly difficult situation and this progress is gratifying. Read more in the Daily Times. The Ministry of Health cautioned that the positive results "might still be only a small step forward considering that half the population in the country is estimated to be at a risk, with the situation being grim up North where iodine deficiency affects about 80 percent of the population. WFP has identified 29 highly affected districts in NWFP, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, FANA and FATA as their target to cut down the prevalence of IDDs among the 24 million people in those areas."
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