Maternal health: MCH week to benefit 30,000 people
The National Programme Incharge Dr Fida Butt said that the door-to-door campaign will continue until May 31.
KOTLI:
Mother and Child Health Week started on Monday in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in collaboration with UNICEF. District Health Officer Dr Abdul Shakoor told APP said that 20 centers were established in Kotli. Some 31,361 children aged between two to five years will take belly pills and 657 pregnant women would be given TT injections, he added. The National Programme Incharge Dr Fida Butt said that the door-to-door campaign will continue until May 31.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2014.
Mother and Child Health Week started on Monday in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in collaboration with UNICEF. District Health Officer Dr Abdul Shakoor told APP said that 20 centers were established in Kotli. Some 31,361 children aged between two to five years will take belly pills and 657 pregnant women would be given TT injections, he added. The National Programme Incharge Dr Fida Butt said that the door-to-door campaign will continue until May 31.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2014.