UNICEF Rep in Armenia Pushes Flawed PR Regarding Enriched Flour Initiative

14:27, March 18, 2015

Marine Martirosyan
Vahe Sarukhanyan 

Manja Henriette Ahrens, who heads the UNICEF office in Armenia, is so intent to publicize the enriched flour project sponsored by her organization in a positive light, that sometimes, to put it mildly, she gets caught in sticky situations.

At the end of last year, with backing from UNICEF, Armenia's Ministry of Health organized a seminar for reporters on enriched flour. During her presentation regarding the supposed benefits of enriched flour for Armenia, Manja Henriette Ahrens offered the example of iodized salt.

"Armenia already has a similar successful experience, that of the obligatory iodization of salt. This project has greatly resolved the problem of the population's lack of iodine," Ms. Ahrens stated.  Read more... (777 words)

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