Ulaanbaatar
Ministers adopt National Nutrition Program
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet at its regular meeting on Monday adopted the National Nutrition Program and assigned the National Council on Food Security to develop implementation plans on annual basis and to facilitate realization of the program with guidance, administration, government and non-government organizations’ involvements and cooperation, as well as with required information.
Population’s nutritional level is affected by poverty and differences in social and economic matters, by food access and distribution, access to water, hygiene, sanitary habits, sickness rate, and lifestyle.
Ministry of Health and Sports considers that it is suitable to mobilize a package of actions ensuring coordination and cooperation between agriculture, food industry and other businesses, social welfare, education and infrastructure spheres, in light of improving the nutritional conditions in our country.
The Deputy PM and acting Minister of Health and Sports Ts.Oyunbaatar was told to facilitate the program implementation with a general management. The cabinet members and governors of localities are now responsible for organizing the program implementation within their scopes of authority.
