Health Desk-25
October 2019: Speakers in a function in Gaibandha on Thursday underscored
the need for ensuring nutrition to all particularly mother and children to
promote their health condition to build a healthy nation.
"All of us should take three types of nutritional food-
heat and energetic, body building, and disease prevention ones frequently to
keep fit well. These foods will help build sound mind and healthy body as
well," they also said.
They made the observations while addressing a day-long
seminar titled "Nutritional Status in Gaibandha District and Doings"
at the conference room of civil surgeon (CS) in Gaibandha on Thursday.
Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied
Nutrition (BIRTAN), regional office, Pirganj, Rangpur organised the seminar in
cooperation with SONGO project while CS Dr ABM Abu Hanif presided over the
function.
Executive Director of BIRTAN and also Additional Secretary
of the government Jharna Begum addressed the seminar as chief guest and Deputy
Director (DD) of Health, Rangpur Division, Dr M Habibur Rahman Rahman, Deputy
Project Manager of SONGO project Pratick Patel, and Deputy Chief of Party,
SHOUHARDO programme, Care Ishrat Shabnam were present at the event as special
guests.
Earlier, a keynote paper on the subject was presented by
research physician of JiVita Bangladesh Dr Hasmot Ali while a PowerPoint
presentation on overall activities of SONGO project here and BIRTAN, regional
office, Pirganj, Rangpur was done by operation lead, SONGO project, ICCO
Cooperation Mostafa Nurul Islam Reza and Scientific Officer of BIRTAN Marufur
Rahman respectively.
The speakers in their speeches said as the nutrition is the
cornerstone of good health and optimal energy at every stage of human life, it
is very essential to eat nutritious food for all to maintain human body in a
sound state.
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