Prime Minister’s Office Vows To Strengthen Working Ties With Stakeholders In Nutritious Interventions

 

By Valentine Oforo, Dodoma

THE Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Prime Minister’s Office  (Policy, Parliamentary and Coordination) Dr. Jim Yonazi has met and held talks with the development stakeholders of the Helen Keller International Tanzania (HKI-Tanzania).

The useful meeting dwelled in the discussion of ways to further strengthening cooperation between the government and the stakeholders in the health sector to ensure the nutrition sector is given needed priority from grassroots across the country.

 

 

HKI is an international nonprofit organizations (NGO) working to to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. The initiative is operating with the high devotion to combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition.

Speaking during the gathering, Dr. Yonazi expressed that the Prime Minister's Office will continue to work in sober ties with the development stakeholders to ensure that nutrition interventions are improved.

 “The main focus is always to encourage and enabling the citizens to consume nutritious foods based on their environment, together with imparting the with the relevant education," he unveiled.

 

 

Dr. Yonazi spoke over the need for the two parties to continue working together, added: “ Let's make sure the people within the local communities are better equipped with the needed awareness on nutrition and diseases issues, the development which will help them to start eating recommended balanced diet,”

On his side, the Director of the Helen Keller International Tanzania (HKI-Tanzania), Dr. Deogratius Ngoma explained that their major role is to create awareness in the community about dangerous foods that cause non-communicable diseases.

For his part, an expert and advisor of nutritional issue at the NGO, Dr.Theresia Jumbe infomed that the future plans of the initiative incorporate to continue to standing at forefront to cordinate and implement diverse programs on nutritional interventions as outlined in the integrated nutrition program of the Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan (NMMNAP).

 

 

Helen Keller International (HKI) is among the oldest international nonprofit organizations devoted to fighting and treating preventable blindness and malnutrition. HKI is headquartered in New York City, and has programs in 23 countries around the world. 

 

HKI builds local capacity by establishing sustainable programs, and provides scientific and technical assistance and data to governments and international, regional, national and local organizations around the world.