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Kazakhstan workshop recommends to consume little salt but iodized
Methods and approaches to the prevention of iodine deficiency diseases were discussed at an international conference, held on 24-25 September 2015. National coordinators of the Iodine Global Network, representatives of salt production industry and NGOs from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
“Kazakhstan has been verified as a country that has achieved Universal Salt Iodization for sustainable prevention of iodine deficiency diseases. Kazakhstan’s case shows that importance of different factors, which together lead to faster success. Thanks to constant close cooperation between different players – managers of salt producing companies, state bodies, scientists and experts –iodine deficiency diseases were perceived as a serious nutrition problem which affects the whole nation,” said President of the Kazakh Nutrition Academy Turegeldy Sharmanov.
The conference discussed latest achievements in prevention of iodine deficiency, approaches to the integration of salt iodization programmes, the state of national programme on Universal Salt Iodization (USI), as well as approaches to the solution of problems such as quality of iodized salt, its supplies and consumption. A Regional Coordinator of the Global Iodine Network, Gregory Gerasimov said that “there should be little salt in food, but definitely iodized”, and only then “a family will be protected against iodine deficiency diseases and impaired intellectual development of children”.
The USI was achieved in Kazakhstan in 2006 thanks to a series of join efforts taken by state bodies, the Kazakh Nutrition Academy and support from international agencies, including UNICEF. Data received from the Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey showed that around 92 per cent of Kazakh household consume correctly iodized salt. In 2011 the Kazakh Nutrition Academy’s iodine laboratory became a resource centre on iodine in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and CIS. This strategic decision was taken as a result of the Academy’s image, hard work and successful involvement in achieving USI in Kazakshtan.
“Kazakhstan has been verified as a country that has achieved Universal Salt Iodization for sustainable prevention of iodine deficiency diseases. Kazakhstan’s case shows that importance of different factors, which together lead to faster success. Thanks to constant close cooperation between different players – managers of salt producing companies, state bodies, scientists and experts –iodine deficiency diseases were perceived as a serious nutrition problem which affects the whole nation,” said President of the Kazakh Nutrition Academy Turegeldy Sharmanov.
The conference discussed latest achievements in prevention of iodine deficiency, approaches to the integration of salt iodization programmes, the state of national programme on Universal Salt Iodization (USI), as well as approaches to the solution of problems such as quality of iodized salt, its supplies and consumption. A Regional Coordinator of the Global Iodine Network, Gregory Gerasimov said that “there should be little salt in food, but definitely iodized”, and only then “a family will be protected against iodine deficiency diseases and impaired intellectual development of children”.
The USI was achieved in Kazakhstan in 2006 thanks to a series of join efforts taken by state bodies, the Kazakh Nutrition Academy and support from international agencies, including UNICEF. Data received from the Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey showed that around 92 per cent of Kazakh household consume correctly iodized salt. In 2011 the Kazakh Nutrition Academy’s iodine laboratory became a resource centre on iodine in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and CIS. This strategic decision was taken as a result of the Academy’s image, hard work and successful involvement in achieving USI in Kazakshtan.
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