> In Kazakhstan, a country located in Central Asia, public health officials try hard to raise awareness about the importance of iodine to intelligence. Pamphlet

> In Kazakhstan, a country located in Central Asia, public health officials try hard to raise awareness about the importance of iodine to intelligence. Pamphlets are distributed and studied by seventh graders. Valentina Sivryukova, president of the national confederation of Kazakh charities, was never sure the message got through until, while walking through the market one day, she heard one young Kazakh boy tease another, calling out, “What are you, iodine-deficient or something?”