CONGRATULATIONS!!

The Honorable Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh SHEIKH HASINA inaugurated the World Breastfeeding Week as the Chief Guest on the 7th of August at 10 A.M at the Hall of Fame of the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. Dr. A. F. M. Ruhul Haque M.P. Honorable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. Dr. Syed Modasser Ali, Health and Social Welfare Advisor to Prime Minister and Dr. Captain (Retd.) Mozibur Rahman Fakir M.P. Hon'ble State Minister for Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Mr. Md. Humayan Kabir, Health Secretary, Prof. Dr. Khandaker Md. Sifayet Ullah, Director General, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Mr. Mohammad Neaz Uddin, Director General, Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) and Dr. S. K. Roy, Chairperson of Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF) were present as Special Guests. About two thousand eight hundred participants attended this national event.

Representatives from different Government ministries, DGHS, DGFP, IPHN, Health professionals, UN agencies and other development partners, stakeholders, NGOs, students, nurses, Girls guide, Scouts, BNCC were present.

Yours sincerely,

Skroy