The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Training workshop for making villages child-friendly was launched under the project of "mothers' milk provides best nutrition" at Kishoree Sampad Kendra of Kaliganj in Satkhira yesterday.

Institute of Public Health and Nutrition (IPHN) in cooperation with Agrogoti Sangstha organised the four-day long mobile seminars through rocket service on the water routes from Khulna to Dhaka and Dhaka to Khulna.

Today, the 2nd day of the seminar, some 30 young girls would be trained at IPHN's training room.

As part of the workshop, "Shuvashesh" programme will be held on Sadarghat launch terminal on January 31, where Director General of IPHN Professor Fatima Parvin will be present as chief guest.

At the programme, trainee young girls will be motivated and given instructions on the future working plans.

Every year some 35-lakh children aged less than 5 years across the world die due to lack of nutrition and several lakh more children become disabled mentally and physically.

The state of children's nutrition in the 36 countries including Bangladesh is critical.

Researchers said the children suffer from malnutrition from mother's womb. Child mortality rate can be reduced to 25 per cent, if some inexpensive and easy initiatives could be taken, they added. A press release from Agrogoti Sangstha said.