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Iodine Deficiency Disorders Day – October 21
October 24 , 2020
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- World Iodine Deficiency Day is also known as Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Prevention Day.
- The aim of this day is to generate awareness of the adequate use of iodine and to highlight the consequences of iodine deficiency
- Iodine is stored in the thyroid gland of our body.
- It is an essential dietary mineral.
- In 1993, for controlling IDD, a primary intervention strategy that is universal salt iodization was adopted.
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