Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. World Food Programme and the Timor-Leste health ministry on Wednesday signed a new agreement to purchase stocks of so-called Super Cereal, a specialized nutritious food which can help ease malnutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
Alba Cecilia Garzon Olivares, WFP Country Representative for Timor-Leste in a statement said that “It’s designed to assist 10,819 pregnant and breastfeeding women in 13 municipalities: “Women and girls of childbearing age face the brunt of nutritious food gaps in the country”.
She added “This, coupled with the impact of COVID-19, increasing food costs, and climate shocks, places women at increased risk of malnutrition”.
Ms. Alba Cecilia Garzon Olivares said the UN’s emergency food aid agency was “delighted” to partner with the Ministry of Health to boost lifesaving nutrition “and to support a healthier future for mothers and children in Timor-Leste,”
She added that the initiative is part of Timor-Leste’s broader strategy to eradicate stunting and reach the Sustainable Development Goals of zero hunger by 2030.
