Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has recorded a 29-second mobile voice message advocating nutrition to reach at least four crore mobile phone users as part of a Health Ministry initiative to raise public awareness through information technology.
The voice message was launched at an event organised by the health department yesterday at the Cirdap International Conference Centre in Dhaka.
The message will be sent out from a Teletalk number with information on nutrition. It will also touch upon malnutrition, especially for newborns, and raise awareness about the easy availability of tests and treatments.
A health official said the voice message initiative was one of the means of implementing many nutrition projects launched this year.
Bangladesh Unicef Representative Edouard Beigbeder, Teletalk Managing Director Gias Uddin Ahmed and Family Planning Director General Nur Hossain Talukder were present at the programme.
