Kargil, July 11: ‘Every Infant Matters’, a non-governmental organisation, started a large-scale malnutrition, prevention and treatment project in Kargil district from the first village of India at the Line of Control (LoC) – the famous Hunderman Brok of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The project was inaugurated by the Chief Medical Officer Dr Munawar Wazir, in the presence of Mrs Shikha Tikoo, Regional Director, Every Infant Matters, government officials, medical officers from various blocks of the district, NGO representatives, and the local communities.
CMO Kargil Dr Munnawar Wazir while appreciating the initiatives taken by various NGOs including the NGO ‘Every Infant Matters’ in the health centre in this frontier district of the country said such initiatives boost the morale of the health workers to give their 100 percent for the welfare of the public. He said it is the responsibility of the people to make use of such initiatives efficiently.
Shikha Tikoo, Regional Director for the project, said they are grateful to the donors, the great Eastern CSR Foundation who has allocated resources for the purchase of albendazole syrup, vitamin A, protein kits, for malnourished, women and children, and backpacks for community health workers.
She said they are a non-profit organisation serving the disadvantaged population with last-mile health solutions and believe in justice and inclusion, and promoting health equality for all and fighting malnutrition and its serious side effects.
She concluded by saying that their flagship project is giving vitamin A to malnourished children to prevent permanent blindness and save lives and Protein kits to malnourished children and pregnant women.
