CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Prevention Day or World Iodine Deficiency Day is observed every year on 21st October. Iodine is an essential micronutrient required for normal thyroid function, growth, and development.

Detailed explanation-2: -Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day (IDD) or World Iodine Deficiency Day is observed every year on 21 October. The theme of World Iodine Deficiency Day, 2022 is ‘Thyroid and Communication’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The slogan “Adequately iodized salt guarantees child development” was printed on posters to raise the awareness of IDD.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most suitable way for supplementing iodine is in the form of salt. Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Andhra Pradesh have emerged as outliers, having the lowest consumption of iodized salt in the country, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5).

Detailed explanation-5: -Certain areas of the world, due to natural deficiency and unavailability of iodine, are severely affected by iodine deficiency, which affects approximately two billion people worldwide. It is particularly common in the Western Pacific, South-East Asia and Africa.