The two-day National Conference on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (Infant and young Child feeding) began yesterday at the Institute of Child and Mother Health (ICMC) at Matuail in the city with the call of promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding and complementary feeding.
Inaugurating the conference, Minister for Food and Disaster Management Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf said the government is committed to uphold nutrition through different programmes keeping breastfeeding as the major component.
The Minister said national strategy of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) will be endorsed soon in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for ensuring nutrition to the infants and young children and implement integrated programmes.
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