The federal authorities has been recommended for introducing free A number of Micronutrients Supplementation (MMS) focusing on pregnant ladies within the nation.
Civil Society-Scaling Up Vitamin in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) and different diet stakeholders mentioned the gesture had significantly improved the diet wants of goal beneficiaries.
In separate interviews with journalists in the course of the stakeholders strategic advocacy assembly on diet going down in Keffi native authorities space of Nasarawa State, the stakeholders welcome any interventions that will stem the incident of maternal mortality fee within the nation.
The assembly which was organised by the Federal Ministry of Well being and Social Welfare, in collaboration with CS-SUNN and different key diet companions is targeted on crafting a complete nationwide advocacy technique to deal with the nation’s diet challenges.
It additionally seeks to strengthen evidence-based diet advocacy, combine key interventions like MMS and unify efforts in the direction of addressing Nigeria’s triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.
Mrs Lilian Okafor, Communication Officer, CS-SUNN applauded the federal authorities for approving free MMS for pregnant ladies and in addition thanked the federal government for the most recent consignment of MMS that arrived the nation just lately.
