Monday 13 July 2015

The Lucky Iron Fish: A Simple Solution To A Serious Problem

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In Cambodia, much of the population lives on a diet of fish and rice and so suffers from iron deficiency, leading to anemia and other serious health conditions.

The simple solution is to cook a small piece of iron in the same pot with a meal for 10 minutes, providing 75% of the iron a family needs. The dilemma was that people were happy to use the iron slab as a doorstop but wouldn't toss it into the cooking pot. That changed when the small piece of iron was changed into the shape of a fish, a cultural symbol of hope and good fortune in Cambodia.

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