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BREASTFEEDING-WORKSHOP (with picture)
Breastfeeding for babies’ sound physical and mental health stressed
RAJSHAHI, July 12, 2019 (BSS) – speakers at a function here put stress on
breastfeeding for sound physical and mental health of babies, saying campaign
against babies’ food produced and marketed without Institute of Public Health
Nutrition (IPHN) registration to be conducted as it sometimes lacks proper
nourishment suitable for babies.
Able mothers should practice and maintain exclusive breastfeeding for first
six months to healthy grow up of babies, they said.
The observation came in a divisional level orientation workshop on “Breast
Milk Substitute (BMS) Product Monitoring Tools and Implementation Plan
According to BMS Act 2013 and Its Rules 2017” here yesterday.
IPHN director Dr Khalilur Rahman presented the keynote paper at the
function organised by divisional Health office at its conference hall in
association with IPHN and WHO.
IPHN Assistant Director Dr Muhammad Shoaib gave an overview of the BMS Act
and its Rules with highlighting the aspects of BMS products monitoring tools
and implementation plan in his concept paper presentation.
Additional Secretary (Health Service) of Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare Parveen Akter and Commissioner of Rajshahi Division Nur-Ur-Rahman
addressed the function as chief and special guests respectively while
Divisional Director of Health Dr Gopendra Nath Acharya was in the chair.
Divisional Director of Department of Family Planning Shafiqul Islam, Deputy
Secretary of the ministry Tanveer Ahmed, Superintendent of Police Abdus
Salam, Chief Health Officer of Rajshahi City Corporation Dr AFM Anjuman Ara
Begum and Assistant Director of Health Dr Monzura Rahman also spoke.
Dr Khalilur Rahman said there are complaints that some companies are
marketing baby food without IPHN registration, providing gifts to doctors or
buyers to promote their products.
“Public awareness is very important because we have seen children of the
well-off families also suffer from malnutrition,” he told the meeting adding
that stern action should be taken against the wrongdoers in this field.
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