Uzbekistan adopts measures to prevent anaemia among population
20/05/2013 14:01
Uzbekistan adopts measures to prevent anaemia among population
20/05/2013 14:01
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan adopted additional measures on implementation of law “On preventing micronutrient malnutrition among population”.
The Government of Uzbekistan issued a resolution “On additional measures on implementation of law of Uzbekistan “On preventing micronutrient malnutrition among population”.
The document was adopted to further improving and increasing efficiency of measures on strengthening health of population, decreasing level of iodine deficit anaemia among children and women of fertile age.
The resolution said that Uzbekistan spent over US$8.3 million to modernization of laboratories of flour mills, equipment of them with new equipment and purchase of micronutrient within the national programme for fortification of flour.
Uzbekistan annually purchases 150 tonnes of micronutrients a year, which allows to enrich up to 1.25 million tonnes of first-grade flour, produced in the country.
In the result of implementation of national programme, the sickness rate among women of fertility rate with iodine deficit anaemia decreased from 60% to 32%.
The Government of Uzbekistan agreed with proposal of Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan on financing Group of implementation of programme on enrichment of food products under the Central Bureau on implementation of the project “Improvement of healthcare system” (Health-3) due to accumulation of resources to purchase of micronutrients at the size of 5% of their volume.
Ministry of Health received a right to attract technical assistance specialists to implementation of measures on preventing micronutrient malnutrition and assessment of its efficiency within the funds, issued to finance the activities of the Group of implementation of programme on enrichment of food products.
The Government of Uzbekistan also allowed the Center bureau on implementation of the Health-3 project to import micronutrients for the term of implementation of the project. But the registration fee should be paid.
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