Selling Of ‘Plumpy Nut’ Banned In Northern Bahr el Ghazal The selling of the ready-to-use therapeutic food for malnourished children ‘Plumpy Nut’ a peanut-based paste for treatment of severe acute malnutrition has been banned in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. 23 June 2015
By Agoth Abraham AWEIL, June 18, 2015 [Gurtong] – The state Minister of Health, Tong Deng Anei said that the plumpy nut which is donated by aid agencies is meant to help families with children who are malnourished and not to be sold in the market. He said measure will be taken against anybody found selling the ready-to-use therapeutic food in the markets. “We felt this was an important agenda and indeed agreed that the town municipality of Northern Bahr el Ghazal shall be given a green light to go ahead in monitoring and taking necessary measures. Hon. Wek Kuch, the state Minister of Information confirmed to the press after the cabinet’s endorsement with the request. Hon. Tong Deng Anei who presented to the Council of Ministers the law governing the ban of selling the children’s nutritious food convinced the cabinet that the ban will reduce the risk involved in losing the children’s nutritious food and the deteriorating malnutrition among children in the state. “This plan of banning the sale of plumpy nuts and other donated children’s foods will help safeguard the lives of children from malnutrition and will also help in controlling the right use of the nutritious food among the parents whose children are getting these from humanitarian aid agencies.” said Anei. Anei further revealed to the cabinet ministers that his ministry will take necessary measures in inspecting or scrutinizing the markets of such sales. As the minister’s proposal was unanimously agreed by the state cabinet, the Aweil town municipality was tasked to take the lead and implement measures following the ban and monitor the market. “We felt this was an important agenda and indeed agreed that the town municipality of Northern Bahr el Ghazal shall be given a green light to go ahead in monitoring and taking necessary measures in reporting. Hon. Wek Kuch, the state Minister of Information confirmed to the press. Plumpy nuts, BP5 and other nutritious foods are mostly distributed by the health aid organizations to help fight malnutrition among children but has been spotted in markets being sold. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqR3xWL5C0UmMGhw8XZt4YVVeN4V9drDBf_eQ2ReFcVQA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
