Kolkata: The West Bengal government has taken up a multi-sectoral strategy to reduce under-nutrition and anaemia among women and children in the state by 2020, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday.
On a day of the commencement of the National Nutrition Week, Banerjee said that her government had taken up the ‘State Nutrition Mission’ from July 2017.
“#NationalNutritionWeek begins today. In Bangla, State Nutrition Mission as a multi-sectoral strategy to reduce under-nutrition and anaemia amongst women and children in a targeted manner by 2020, has started functioning from July 2017,” Banerjee wrote on her Twitter handle.
#NationalNutritionWeek begins today. In Bangla, State Nutrition Mission as a multi-sectoral strategy to reduce undernutrition and anaemia amongst women and children in a targeted manner by 2020, has started functioning from July 2017
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 1, 2018
The National Nutrition Week is observed every year from 1 September to 7 September with an objective to intensify awareness on the importance of nutrition on health which has an impact on the development, productivity, economic growth and national development.