RANGPUR, Jan 19, 2022 (BSS) - Officials at a health camp have stressed

on maintaining sound health of working lactating mothers for normal physical
and mental growth of their babies.

     They viewed this at the health camp jointly organized by the Phulbari
upazila administration and upazila women affairs officer's office at Phulbari
upazila parishad auditorium in Dinajpur on Tuesday afternoon.

     The event was arranged with assistance of the 'Working Lactating Mother
Assistance Fund' of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs through the
Directorate of Women Affairs to provide cost-free health services to the
working lactating mothers.

     Some 100 working mothers of the poorer section families of Phulbari
municipality area were provided cost-free hand sanitizer, oral saline and
powdered milk in the camp.

     With Phulbari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Reaz Uddin in the chair,
Phulbari upazila chairman Md. Ataur Rahman Milton attended the event as the
chief guest.

     Vice-chairmen of Phulbari upazila parishad Monju Roy Chowdhury and Niru
Shamsunnahar, Panel Mayor of the Phulbari municipality Mamunur Rashid
Chowdhury and Upazila Women Affairs' Officer Rita Mandal were present as
special guests.

     Rita Mandal discussed various programmes being implemented by the
present government for ensuring health services of the poor and working
lactating mothers living both in urban as well as rural areas.

    She urged lactating mothers to ensure breastfeeding of babies for six
months and continue the same for two years alongside complementary foods to
prevent child deaths under the age of five.  The chief guest suggested
lactating mothers to meet their nutrition properly by taking vegetables and
other foods to smoothly provide breast milk to babies to ensure their proper
mental and physical growths.