FG To Tackle Child Malnutrition With Standardised Tom Brown Production

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has commenced efforts to develop a national framework for the production and use of Tom Brown, a locally produced complementary food, as part of measures to tackle malnutrition among children and other vulnerable groups in Nigeria.
Speaking at the opening of the three-day stakeholders’ meeting on the policy dialogue for establishing a unified framework for Tom Brown in Nigeria, held in Abuja, the Director and Head of the Nutrition Department of the ministry, Mrs. Olufunmilola Adegbite, said the move was aimed at harmonising the production, quality assurance and implementation of Tom Brown across the country.
She noted that despite prog...