"Bangladesh is a role model in scaling up nutrition"
Since the inception of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) in April 2010, Bangladesh has made tangible progress in bringing government ministries, UN agencies, development and civil society partners, and academicians to scale up nutrition activities linking with accountability and governance under the leadership of SUN Focal Point.
During the visit of Ms. Gerda Verburg, UN Assistant Secretary General and SUN Movement Coordinator, a meeting was held recently in Dhaka to improve SUN activities in Bangladesh.
Mr. Mohammed Nasim, MP, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare attended as a chief guest. He said that Bangladesh had made tremendous improvement in health sector that made it a role model in the world.
Ms. Gerda Verburg, mentioned about steps taken by Bangladesh to improve the nutrition situation that has made Bangladesh one of the first in line in South East Asia region in nutrition success. She also committed to ensure SUN participation along with UN agencies in Bangladesh nutrition activities.
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