State Minister for Health Zahid Maleque launched the initiative in Dhaka on Tuesday with the organisation’s President and CEO Joel Spicer. Through this programme, Nutrition International hopes to build the capacity of healthcare service providers to promote and deliver interventions to improve care for pregnant mothers, reducing risks to their health ― and the health of their newborns. In total, 2.6 million women and adolescent girls across Bangladesh will benefit from these interventions. Nutrition International, formerly known as the Micronutrient Initiative, has been supporting government efforts to address malnutrition for millions of Bangladeshi people for more than 20 years. “Improving the nutrition of women and girls is key to empowering them, but it also benefits entire communities.

Source: bd News24 October 24, 2017 19:52 UTC