By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
21st October:- The National Iodine
Deficiency Disorders Control Program Cell, Health Department of Chandigarh
launched a week long awareness campaign in the City to create awareness
regarding Iodine Deficiency disorders.
Students of 5 Government
schools were given awareness on this problem. Numerous students were informed
about correct use of iodized salt and about various disorders of Iodine
Deficiency. In the same week, awareness through advertisement in papers, radio
talks, messages on T.V. and advertisement through airing of taped messages on
IDD too was done by the Iodine deficiency Disorders Control Program Cell.
Posters were given to each school for displaying at vantage points. Handbills,
books and on the spot iodine testing kits too were provided to each school for
awareness. Badges on IDD were distributed among children of various schools.
Iodine Deficiency as
presented by “Goiter” has prevalence rate of 7.3% in Chandigarh. At national
level more than 200 million people are at risk of IDD while the number of
persons suffering from goiter is above 70 million. Approximately 2.2 million
children are born cretins (child born with physical & mental
retardation) and 6.6 million have some kind of neurological deficit. Out
of 312 district surveyed so far in India, 254 districts are IDD
endemic.
The ‘Global Iodine
Deficiency Disorders Week’ concluded with a quiz competition at Conference
Hall, New OPD Block, Govt. Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh. An
exhibition on Goiter and IDD was also arranged where arranged on the spot
testing of iodized salt was done to check the iodine content of salt used by
the people.
Director Health Services,
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Kashyap, Chandigarh advocated that seeing the efforts of the
department, Chandigarh would soon achieve non endemic status i.e. Prevalence
rate of IDD will fall below 7.3% which labels the area as
non-endemic.
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