Business Plan
INTRODUCTION
Normally Bangladesh is country where most people suffer from malnutrition. There are lots of people who suffer from this problem, to eradicate every government take many steps. But not always every step bears fruits. In most cases these steps wont work. Because of lack of monitoring and awareness efforts. The government efforts are given;
The public health nutrition program under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh is operated through Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN) and two major programs under the Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Program (HNPSP). These two programs are Micronutrient Supplementation (MS) and National Nutrition Program (NNP).
The IPHN and MS work under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and the NNP works directly under the ministry.
Conventionally the director of IPHN works as the line director of MS, and nutrition programs of both IPHN and MS are carried out under one platform. The programs include: (a) Control of micro-nutrient deficiencies focusing nutritional blindness of vitamin A; (b) Control of Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM); (c) Control and prevention of iron deficiency and other nutritional anemia; (d) Control of iodine deficiency disorders and other micronutrient problems; (e) School health nutrition education program targeting school children; and (f) Revitalization of existing baby friendly hospitals. The programs of IPHN and MS cover the entire country.
The coverage of NNP, on the other hand, is in 172 upazilas, which will be scaled to 232 upazilas by 2011 and to all 483 upazilas by 2021. In NNP program area, satellite community nutrition center is operated 6 days a week, one per 1,200 people. One lady community nutrition worker runs the nutrition center. There are 36,764 community nutrition workers for the 172 upazilas and 3,732 community nutrition organizers, 960 field supervisors and 172 upazila managers. The target populations of NNP’s nutrition
Normally Bangladesh is country where most people suffer from malnutrition. There are lots of people who suffer from this problem, to eradicate every government take many steps. But not always every step bears fruits. In most cases these steps wont work. Because of lack of monitoring and awareness efforts. The government efforts are given;
The public health nutrition program under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh is operated through Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN) and two major programs under the Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Program (HNPSP). These two programs are Micronutrient Supplementation (MS) and National Nutrition Program (NNP).
The IPHN and MS work under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and the NNP works directly under the ministry.
Conventionally the director of IPHN works as the line director of MS, and nutrition programs of both IPHN and MS are carried out under one platform. The programs include: (a) Control of micro-nutrient deficiencies focusing nutritional blindness of vitamin A; (b) Control of Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM); (c) Control and prevention of iron deficiency and other nutritional anemia; (d) Control of iodine deficiency disorders and other micronutrient problems; (e) School health nutrition education program targeting school children; and (f) Revitalization of existing baby friendly hospitals. The programs of IPHN and MS cover the entire country.
The coverage of NNP, on the other hand, is in 172 upazilas, which will be scaled to 232 upazilas by 2011 and to all 483 upazilas by 2021. In NNP program area, satellite community nutrition center is operated 6 days a week, one per 1,200 people. One lady community nutrition worker runs the nutrition center. There are 36,764 community nutrition workers for the 172 upazilas and 3,732 community nutrition organizers, 960 field supervisors and 172 upazila managers. The target populations of NNP’s nutrition