one- day Refresher Training of District Focal Persons(DFPs) for Vitamin A Supplementation(VAS) Program Manager AAP Dr MB Raja Dharejo emphasised on a need for integration of VAS with polio program as well as EPI/routine immunisation.

The idea behind the initiative is to encourage families, who bring their Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children to PPHI OTP centres for treatment, to establish kitchen garden in similar ways at homes for fulfilling nutritional requirements.

On Friday (29 November) District Coordination Committee for Nutrition (DCCN) meeting was held in a Darbar hall DC office Larkana. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Commissioner Mr Mohammad Noman Siddique along with Program Manager AAP Mr. Dr. MB Raja Dharejo. Mr. Asghar Soomro and Mr. Shafiq Jamro from Provincial Task Force Secretariat for AAP also participated in the meeting.

In her speech Ms. Naheed S. Durrani, Chairperson, Planning and Development Board, Government of Sindh, reiterated Government of Pakistan including Government of Sindh’s commitment to the agenda of developing human capital.

AAP Health Sector organized an event titled, “Training of Trainers (ToT)” from 13- 15th November 2019 in collaboration with UNICEF, Lady Health Workers (LHW) and Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Programs on integrated parenting education package in Karachi, Sindh.

On Friday ( 8 November 2019) 1st meeting of the Pakistan National Nutrition Coordination Council (PNNCC) was held at Prime Minister’s Secretariat in Islamabad. The Prime Minister of Pakistan chairs the council with six ministers as its members. The Vice Chair Ms Sania Nishtar convened the meeting.

WASH Sector (Saaf Suthto Sindh) of Local Govt Department, Govt. of Sindh successfully concluded two-days event last week titled, “ Training workshop on ODF( Open Defecation Free) Learning and Sustainability” here in Karachi. Mr. Nasir Hussain Shah, Minister for Local Govt, Mr. Roshan Ali Shaikh, Secretary, Local Govt Department graced the occasion.

Program for improved Nutrition in Sindh (PINS)-Nutrition Specific Component organized a 2nd Training of Trainers (ToT) on CMAM/IYCF/SBCC Integrated Package from 29th July 2019-03rd August 2019. The participants included PINS partner organizations, i.e., PPHI, RSPN and Concern World Wide, and their sub-partners, government officials from health department and Sindh LHW program. In total, 25 participants from partner organizations and, 08 from government departments (05 LHWs program and 03 depa...