Assessment of household use of iodized salt and adequacy of salt iodization: a cross-sectional National Study in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: This study was conducted to assess household coverage with iodized salt in Saudi Arabia, and to determine adequacy of salt iodization.

Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study using WHO 30-cluster survey methodology.

Results: Analysis of 4242 salt samples using qualitative rapid test kit (RTK) revealed that 68.

A review of some statistics on breastfeeding in Saudi Arabia.

Breastfeeding is the ideal and most natural way of nurturing infants. The importance of breastfeeding has been proved unequivocally, and UNICEF and WHO have issued guidelines to ensure breastfeeding. Saudi Arabia is a country where the legislation is derived from the Quran and Hadiths.