New Delhi, Dec 19: More than 71 million people in the country are suffering from goitre and other iodine- deficiency disorders, Health Minister JP Nadda has informed the Lok Sabha.
Nadda said the government plans to bring down the prevalence of IDD to below five per cent in the country by 2017 and to ensure 100 per cent consumption of adequately iodated salt at the household level.
There has been a significant reduction in goiter prevalence in all the states. As per the National Family Health Survey-III (2005-06) and Coverage Evaluation Survey (CES) Report, 2009, the consumption of adequately iodated salt has significantly increased at community level, he said.
