Households not consuming required quanitity of fortified iodized salt
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad : Salt fortification could fulfill iodine intake requirements among young children and women if all products are fortified according to standards. However, households not consuming fortified iodized salt (i.e. 25% in Punjab, 16% in Balochistan) need to be reached. This is one of the findings of the Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) survey, which was disseminated Friday at a seminar organised by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, with support from the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) along with Oxford Policy Management. The survey has helped determine the coverage and likely contribution of fortified foods to micronutrient intake among...