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The national iodine deficiency disorder programme aims to reduce goiter prevalence in India through universal salt iodization. Launched in 1962, the programme aims to replace all edible salt with iodized salt by 2000 to correct iodine deficiency. Objectives include reducing goiter cases by 50% by 1985 and 95% by 2000 through identifying iodine deficient areas, supplying iodized salt, and reassessing impact through surveys.

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Iddcp

The national iodine deficiency disorder programme aims to reduce goiter prevalence in India through universal salt iodization. Launched in 1962, the programme aims to replace all edible salt with iodized salt by 2000 to correct iodine deficiency. Objectives include reducing goiter cases by 50% by 1985 and 95% by 2000 through identifying iodine deficient areas, supplying iodized salt, and reassessing impact through surveys.

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National iodine deficiency

disorder programme
• Govt. of india has aimed to reduce
prevalence of goitre under the programme
of 'health for all by 2000' as a result a
major national programme was mounted in
1986 with the objective to replace the
entire edible salt by iodine salt.
• National goitre control programme was
launched or initiated by Govt. of India in
1962.
aim
• To correct iodine deficiency through salt
iodization. banning of entry of common
salt.
• To implement universalization of iodized
salt. production of salt is liberalized by
inviting and heavily subsidizing to private
salt manufacture.
• This programme aims at controllinng
endemic goitrein the Himalayan region.
objectives
• Reduction of 50% of cases by 1985 95%
by 2000 AD.
• The goal of IDD control programme in
India was to reduce the prevalence of IDD
below 10% in the country by 2012
activities
• to identify and assess the prevalence of
goitre in suspected area through systemic
survey.
• to prevent and control goitrethrough
production and supply of iodized salt in
place common salt in endemic areas.
• to assess the impact of the programmes
by undertaking reservey of the area after 5
years of supplying iodized salt.
• one method of increasimng iodine intake is
by adding iodine to common salt.
• measures has been taken to improve
iodine intake.
achievements
• the recent coverage population servey has
reported 91% population been cover with
iodized salt.
• while 71% population is consuming
adequately iodized salt and another 20%
is consuming salt with some added iodine

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