PMNCH delegation calls on PM Modi

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New Delhi : A delegation of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) including Union Health Minister J P Nadda, Dr Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and incoming Board Chair of PMNCH, noted actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, MoS (Health & Family Welfare), Preeti Sudan, Secretary (HFW), called on PM Narendra Modi on April 11, 2018, to invite him to the upcoming Partners Forum 2018 to be held on December 12&13, 2018, in New Delhi.

Heads of State and Health Ministers from various countries and 1,200 delegates would be participating at this forum. PMNCH is a global partnership of 92 countries and over 1,000 organisations. The Prime Minister agreed to be Patron of the PMNCH Forum and accepted the Logo of the forum.

Dr. Michelle Bachelet, as the incoming Chair, explained the mandate of the Partnership and sought ideas from the Prime Minister on how to take forward the challenge of women empowerment, children and young people. The Prime Minister shared his personal experiences on the initiatives taken in Gujarat for increasing institutional deliveries through partnership with the private sector and organising community feeding for the poor and pregnant women in villages so that their nutrition needs could be met. PM Modi stressed on effective communication strategy. He also emphasised that ‘participation is partnership’, according to a PIB release.

Prime Minister Modi also suggested that we should involve people across the globe especially young people in important issues like nutrition, age of marriage, pre-natal and post-natal care and seek ideas for effective implementation and communication for programmes for women, children and adolescents. He suggested an online quiz competition on these themes and awards to prize winners in the upcoming Partners’ Forum Meeting in December 2018.