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Turkmenistan is hosting the Central Asia Maternal and Child Health Forum which will be held from 8 to 9 April in Ashgabat. More than 100 participants including health officials of the five Central Asian countries, namely, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, international health experts and representatives of donor agencies and the UN in Central Asia have been invited to attend the Forum. First held in 1997 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the Forum has served as a common platform for governments in Central Asia to exchange knowledge and experiences in addressing health issues related to the survival, development and protection of children and the well-being of women...more
To download Media Advisory click here Central Asian health officials and experts reaffirm commitment to improve nutrition situation of children and mother in the region Ashgabat, 9 April 2008 – The 11th Annual Meeting of the Central Asia Republics (CAR) Maternal and Child Health Forum ended today with a strong commitment from health officials to improve mother and child nutrition in Central Asia. High-level health officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and host government Turkmenistan pledged to work together to meet nutrition-related Millennium Development Goals. “It is the first time that the imperative of investing in nutrition has been presented so convincingly from conceptual and practical vantage points. Second, it is also notable that all five governments are taking concerted action to address many of the nutritional problems faced by children and women,” said UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for CEE/CIS Shahnaz Kianian-Firouzgar in her closing remarks. The two-day Forum focussed on maternal and child nutrition and HIV and AIDS in Central Asia. Each country reviewed the progress made in maternal and child nutrition and the challenges that lie ahead to sustain this progress. Turkmenistan prides itself in being the first Central Asian country to have eliminated iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) and the 4th in the world to have achieved Universal Salt Iodization in line with generally accepted international standards. Early this year, Turkmen government has agreed to fully finance the Flour Fortification Programme and will work with UNICEF in buying the pre-mix of micronutrients that will be added to supreme grade and first grade flour. 17 of the country’s largest mills are already producing flour fortified with iron and folic acid. Kazakhstan has also eliminated IDD with 92 per cent of Kazakh population using iodised salt. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are close to achieving this goal. Close to half a million under-five children in Kyrgyzstan and more than a million in Tajikistan have received Vitamin A, protecting them from common childhood infections that may lead to death... more |
XI Форум по охране здоровья матери и ребенка в Центральной Азии В этом году Туркменистан является принимающей страной форума по охране здоровья матери и ребенка в Центральной Азии (ЦАР ОЗМиР), который будет проходить с 8 по 9 апреля в Ашхабаде. Более чем 100 участников, среди которых специалисты и руководители сектора здравоохранения из стран Центральной Азии, а именно Казахстана, Кыргызстана, Таджикистана, Туркменистана и Узбекистана, а также международные эксперты в области здравоохранения, представители донорских организаций и Организации Объединенных Наций в Центральной Азии приглашены для участия в форуме...еще
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