Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson and Minister of State Marvi Memon Sunday, on the directive of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, visited the World Food Programme (WFP) health office in Hashim Palari village.
Marvi Memon, who is also Member of the National Assembly, was briefed about the progress of the nutrition, vaccination and stunting programme by WFP Programme Officer Dr Aftab and Provisional Officer incharge of Sindh Ms Aleen, said a press release.
The BISP Chairperson praised the efforts of WFP for nutrition and food security of children and women in different areas of the country. The WFP is covering 700,000 persons for provision of proper nutrition either through food or through cash in 26 districts. It uses MUAC and BMI techniques for gauging the child and mother growth respectively.
Ms Memon's visit to the WFP office in Jhimpir comes a couple of days after she held a meeting with Ms Lola Castro, Country Director WFP, who called on her at BISP Secretariat, Islamabad and discussed matters of mutual co-operation.
She said there was an established link between cash transfer and food security and better nutrition levels and the BISP had a significant food security impact.
The BISP Chairperson said the BISP beneficiaries were the most prone to stunting, malnutrition, lack of nutrition awareness due to their poverty levels. As such she considered it BISP's duty to ensure that this segment of the population was given the best possible nutrition awareness, vaccination, nutrients to ensure that they develop to becoming productive members of workforce.
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