Health Fair Attracts Community in a Chernobyl-affected Area

A sampling of different vegetable salads. Berezhnoe, Stolin District - About six hundred Berezhnoe residents, including a significant number of families with children, attended the first Health Fair, organized by USAID’s “Family Health” project.  The event took place on the premises of a secondary school in the village of Berezhnoe, Stolin District.  Activities included a family sports competition organized by the village school; presentation of the Stolin Dialogue Center, which features group work with pregnant women and young mothers in Berezhnoe; and distribution of various information materials related to healthy life styles and safe living in the Chernobyl-affected areas.   By using special equipment available at the Health Fair, residents were able to measure levels of radiation in locally produced foodstuffs and accumulated internal body radiation (IBC measurements); as well as their blood pressure, body height and weight.  An exhibition and sampling of healthy foods (juices and vegetable salads) produced by the enterprises of the Stolin District, and dissemination of recipes for healthy cooking at home, were other attractions of the fair.

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