Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque underscored the need for safe food to ensure proper nutrition for people of all strata of life as the government observes Nutrition Week from Tuesday across the country. The week to be observed in befitting manner to create awareness about the importance of nutrition for health which has an impact on development, productivity, economic growth and ultimately the national development. “It is very significant to make people aware of safe and healthful food … The present government is working sincerely to implement various programmes to develop public health and ensure availability of nutritious foods,” he said.
He said these on Sunday while briefing media at the conference room of his ministry at Secretariat here.
State Minister Dr Murad Hasan, Secretary Asadul Islam, Secretary G M Saleh Uddin and Additional Secretary Habibur Rahman Khan were present, among others.
“This time, we have engaged a total of 22 ministries in observance of Nutrition Week and various initiatives have been taken at district and upazila levels to make the week a success,” he said. This year, the National Nutrition Week will be observed in the country on April 23-29 with the ” Nutrition must be considered if we think of food”.
