Training course on nutritional investigation in Kassala Concludes Sessions

The Citizen / Haffiya Elyas

The Director of the National Nutrition Program, Dr. Noha Abdel Fattah Salehin, confirmed the conclusion of the training course for trainers on nutritional investigation in Kassala State , by training 7 states in attendance and sphere, noting that the main objective of the course is to raise the capabilities of nutrition cadres at the level of the national nutrition program and the states and enable them to collect and analyze information on malnutrition rates, and link it to the underlying causes of malnutrition, to contribute to decision-making and setting priorities at the state level and Local .

Salehin said that the importance of the nutritional investigation system lies in providing regular and updated information on the nutritional conditions of the population and the influencing factors that represent risk factors, and contribute to the increase in malnutrition, such as child care practices such as breastfeeding, supplementary feeding and food security