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Nutrition and health of children and pregnant women is priority for state Govt: Speaker

Ranchi, Mar 4 (UNI) Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto on Thursday said that nutrition and health of children and pregnant women is a priority for the state government.
Participating in a discussion which was organised by UNICEF Jharkhand over issues related to the nutrition of the children, he said that due to the pandemic lockdown, nutrition program in the state and the work has become more challenging now. He said that there was a need to work together to reduce the number of cases of malnutrition in the state so that the the challenge can be converted into an opportunity.
The speaker said that a healthy youth population is an important human resource for development of Jharkhand.
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