Tausif Akhter Janjua

Achieving USI in Pakistan by Improved Quality Control and Better Government Ownership and Capacity

Tausif Akhter Janjua, Khawaja Masuood Ahmed, Noor Ahmad Khan & Zia Haider · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: An evaluation in 2010 of 850 processors involved for over a year in a Universal Salt Iodization (USI) support program indicated 36% of their salt as adequately iodized. The main reasons were identified as limited technical capacity of medium and large salt processors...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20910

Intensified Monitoring of Vitamin A Supplementation Programs in Hard-to-Reach Districts and Urban Slums of Pakistan Results in Improved Coverage

Tausif Akhter Janjua, Khalid Nawaz, Zia Haider & S. Kaushik · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Although national coverage of VAS is high in Pakistan (>95%), large pockets of low coverage have been identified. A VAS coverage survey conducted by the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) in 2010 identified the reasons for low coverage as inadequate attention to VAS dur...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20928