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NUTRITION-WEEK-MEETING
Meeting on national nutrition week held in Magura
MAGURA, April 21, 2019 (BSS) – A view-exchange meeting on ‘National
Nutrition Week’ was held today at the district civil surgeon office aiming to
create mass awareness among the people for improving nutritional status of
children.
Medical professional of district and upazila level hospitals and
journalists from print and electronic media addressed the meeting, among
others, with civil surgeon Prodip Kumar Saha in the chair.
Dr Prodip laid emphasis on having healthy diets for ensuring optimum mental
and physical growth of children. Such health campaign will play an important
role in creating awareness on different health issues, he added.
Despite a considerable progress in different key indicators of health,
nearly half of the under-five children are suffering from malnutrition in the
country, other speakers said, adding, lack of awareness and inadequate
knowledge about health are causes malnutrition among the children.
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