Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:26:22 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA THERE is need to enhance the promotion of appropriate child feeding in Zambia in order to have a nation of healthy and productive people that will contribute positively to national development, Health minister Chitalu Chilufya has said. In a speech read for him during a consultative meeting on the review of the Statutory Instrument on marketing of breast milk substitutes in Lusaka yesterday by Dr Francis Bwalya, the deputy director of public health, Dr Chilufya said there was need to align the Statutory Instrument on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes of 2006 in line with the current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations in the international code. He said under-nutrition had remained a public health concern in Zambia for a long time as various forms of malnutrition were prevalent in the country. Dr Chilufya noted that malnutrition was common in both rural and urban areas, with rural […]
