Strategies of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization for the control of iron deficiency in Latin America

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Iron deficiency is a major nutritional health problem of the world, one which the Pan American Health Organization as part of the World Health Organization has developed strategies to fight. The devastating anemia that may result from iron deficiency is associated with possibly irreversible physical and mental retardation in children, fatigue and weakened immune systems in adults. There are approximately two billion people with iron deficiency worldwide, of whom over half are anemic.

Care and treatment, Latin America, World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization

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Preventing iron deficiency in infants and preschool children in Argentina

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The incidence of iron deficiency in children in Argentina seems to be associated with drinking pasteurized unfortified cow's milk since infancy. A variety of studies have been done since the late 1970s in such population centers as Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego, and the poor and rural Misiones province. The proposed solution to this problem has been iron-fortified milk for schoolchildren drinking unfortified milk and supplementing that with iron-fortified cookies.

Pediatric diseases, Surveys, Argentina, Nutritionally induced diseases, Nutrition disorders, Iron deficiency anemia in children

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Slow-release iodine in local water supplies reverses iodine deficiency disorders: is it worth is salt?

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Salt iodization of water is just one option in addressing iodine deficiency disorders, but more research into diagnostic approaches need to be developed to assess the iodine status of various populations. There is not a reliable diagnostic index for monitoring the iodine status to interventions.

Demographic aspects, Iodine deficiency diseases, Iodine in the body, Iodine (Nutrient)

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