Multiple nutritional and environmental influences contribute to the prevalence and severity of IDDs in iodine deficient areas, including iron. In many developing countries, children are at high risk of both goiter and iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency adversely affects thyroid metabolism and may reduce the efficacy of iodized salt. The aim of this study was to investigate whether iron…
Tradisi sei adalah tradisi mengasapkan ibu yang baru melahirkan bersama bayinya selama 40 hari di Nusa Tenggara Timur. Selama 40 hari ibu dan bayinya harus duduk/tidur di atas bara api yang berasal dari pembakaran biomassa (kayu) di dalam Rumah Bulat (Ume ‘Kbubu). Emisi dari pembakaran bahan bakar biomassa dapat mencemari lingkungan rumah dan menimbulkan gangguan kesehatan ibu maupun bayin…
In Strategic Plan of Ministry of Health year 2009-2014, health priority, among others are to increase health service enhanced at DTPK and health restructure and environment quality supervision. This study aims to detect environment health status description of society who live in DTPK-T. Sample are from 199 less development district area, 20 borderlands district/city area, 19 archipelagoes dist…