Imran, Jhenaidah Correspondent : A health and nutrition workshop was held in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah to raise health awareness. The workshop was organized by the Social Development Foundation (SDF), Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance, at the Shailkupa Upazila Health Complex auditorium on Wednesday morning.
Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr. Rashed Al Mamun, Resident Medical Officer Dr. Abdullah Al Mamun, SDF District Manager Mahmud Hasan, District Health and Nutrition Officer Dr. Anudipa Rani, IT & SIS Md. Saad Ahmed, Cluster Officer Bani Bairagi and others spoke at the workshop.
With the participation of upazila-level government health representatives and SDF officials, the workshop provided training on reducing maternal mortality during pregnancy, malnutrition-related child mortality, and preventing the spread of infectious diseases by making government health services easily accessible. In addition, SDF presented food and nutrition, addressing malnutrition, the importance of nutrition for adolescents, disease prevention through the EPI program, healthy hand washing habits, and ensuring food security by establishing nutrition gardens in households.