Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Aamer Mehmood Kiani said that the Government of Pakistan is committed to address Nutrition issue in line with the mission of health care for all. He expressed these views while talking to Regional Director, World Food Programme (WFP) for Asia and Pacific, David Kaatrud at his office [...]
?Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are among the 34 countries around the globe most affected by childhood malnutrition. If just 10 key nutrition interventions are scaled up to 90 per cent coverage in these countries, nearly 15 per cent of all deaths in children under five can be prevented, and at least a fifth [...]
Only 37 countries, or 19% of those reporting, have passed laws reflecting all the recommendations of the Inter-national Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, according to a new WHO report published during World Breastfeeding Week. The Week is celebrated in more than 170 countries from 1 to 7 August. Breastfeeding is the best source of [...]
