UNICEF and Bansal News held a media meet of journalists from districts of Madhya Pradesh here on Friday on the theme of ‘Right to Nutrition and Health’ under activities being done to mark 30 years of signing of The Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Speaking at the event Imarti Devi, Minister Woman and Child Development Government of Madhya Pradesh said that her Department is taking steps to tackle malnutrition and providing care for severely acute malnourished children.
She said that department is looking at mobile nutritional rehabilitation centre, for working women in Madhya Pradesh.
Principal Secretary of Woman and Child Development Anupam Rajan spoke on the food diversity and how we need to focus on counselling of parents.
He also spoke on the need to focus on first thousand days of life of the child.
Michael Juma, Chief UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh said that nutrition and health are critical pillars for survival and growth of child and on the need to focus on first thousand days in the life of the child. Nutrition deprivation in this period has irreversible effect on the growth and development of the child throughout life.