Quetta: Mir Rehmat Salah Baloch, minister health government of Balochistan, has launched website of Balochistan Nutrition Program for Mothers and Children (BNPMC), here on Tuesday.
Dr. Fahim Khan, provincial manager Balochistan nutrition program briefed the minister health, in his briefing Dr. Khan said that the objective of launching of Balochistan nutrition program website is to ensure access of people to the program activities and related information.
Another important objective of the website is to establish grievance redressal mechanism for the beneficiary community to register their complaints and drop suggestion directly on the website.
The BNPMC has established grievance redressal mechanism cell at Project Management unit Quetta. He further said.
While talking on the occasion Mir Rehmat Baloch said that provision of better health facilities and services to malnourished women and children in the top priority of the current government.
Due to frequent droughts and poverty 10 districts of Balochistan are food insecure. Resultantly, a large number of women and children of the province are severely malnourished, He added.
Mir Rehmat Baloch said that the government has taken the matter serious and initiated nutrition program in seven districts to provide treatment services to improve nutrition status of women and children.
Baloch said that under nutrition program a total number of 60,116 children will be provided multi-micronutrient supplements. On the other hand 204,753 children of under five years will be provided treatment services.
Whereas, 60116 lactating and pregnant women of seven focused districts will be provided Iron Folic Acid to combat iron deficiency.
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