Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said the government is working to build a nutrition-rich Bangladesh.
“No development activities can be successful unless the standard of people’s nutrition is improved,” he said this on Thursday while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion meeting on improving ongoing programmes in health, population and nutrition sectors in light of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014.
Held at the health ministry meeting room, the meeting was presided over by the ministry’s additional secretary Biman Kumar Saha.
State Minister for Health Zahid Malek, Health Department Director General Prof Dr Deen Mohammad Nurul Haq, Family Planning Department Director General Mohammad Wahid Hossain, Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Secretary General Prof Dr Iqbal Arsalan and senior officials concerned were present at the meeting, said an official release.
The health minister said the government has taken various programmes to expedite its success in improving maternal and child health.
The government has strengthened midwife training programme to ensure safe delivery with a view to reducing maternal mortality, he said, adding that the community clinics are also being provided with skilled manpower and modern equipments to this end.
The health minister thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith for increasing allocation for health sector in the proposed national budget for 2016-17.
He said the success of the government’s efforts in health sector is now recognized worldwide.
