HANDS is working in Pakistan since last 34 years covering most of te development sectors including Health. Nutrition, Livlihood, education etc. Mostly the Private sector in developing countries related to food business have hampered and disrupted the food distribution and accessibility to poor, e.g. Dairy industry. The commercial market partners must be regulated globally or at National level by individual governments. There is no ethical guidelines are proposed to ensure the rights of poor people. The high population growth and recurrent pregnancies increased the burden on already stressed food insecurity in many developing and under-developed countries. Its recognition is extremely significant as it has many implication on women malnutrition and long continued malnutrition in the children leading to whole life impact. This vicious circle is one of the barrier in achieving sustainable development.
The countries’Food security, Nutritional policies must be integrated with Economic development and Population policies. Economic and Population policies of the government may be added in paragraph 11-12. The framework of Action should be flexible with regional dimensions such as developed countries and developing or poor countries.
HANDS is one of the largest health and development organization in Pakistan. We have experienced that the community mobilization and involvement is the key to success in implementing all government policies and turning it in to Actions. We would support the ICN2 Declaration and would be committed to Framework for Action.
Dr. Muhammad Sarwat Mirza