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close this bookBlending of New and Traditional Technologies - Case Studies (ILO - WEP, 1984, 312 p.)
close this folderANNEX: SELECTED EXAMPLES OF EXPERIMENTS AND PROJECTS*
close this folderIV. Satellite Technology
View the documentA. Remote sensing applications
View the documentB. Satellite broadcasting

B. Satellite broadcasting

42. The bare-foot microchip (Ecuador). In Ecuador, rural radio service broadcasts advertisements on the prevention of goitre, with satellite technology. The result, after a period of one year, is an increase in the proportion of households using iodised salt from 5 per cent to 98 per cent.