Mothers urged to use iodized salt
GOITER AWARENESS WEEK
THE Provincial Health Office has launched a campaign urging mothers to use iodized salt as part of the celebration of the Goiter Awareness Week (GAW) on January 23 to 29.
Provincial Health Officer Anna De Guzman said the week-long celebration includes an intensified information campaign to promote the salt iodization program and the “Patak sa Asin sa Market & Warehouses” program where the rural health units in the province conduct household and market salt testing.
De Guzman also encouraged mothers to serve their families with iodine-rich foods like saltwater fish, seaweed and other seafoods.
All district hospitals and rural health units in the province will hold the 1st Quarter Patak sa Asin sa Market & Warehouses on January 24-28.
At the same time, the celebration focuses on its theme this year, “Iwas Goiter ni Mommy, Lusog Isip ni Baby”.
This campaign aims to inform mothers that iodine deficiency disorders pose a serious problem, especially to pregnant women.
De Guzman said pregnant women who become afflicted with goiter due to lack of iodine may have miscarriages or give birth to abnormal or weak babies.(PIO)
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