The European Unions Programme for Improved Nutrition in Sindh (PINS) was launched in 2018 by the Sindh government with the aim of lowering hunger in the province from 48 percent to 40 percent by 2021 . Sindh Health Minister Azra Fazal Pechuho praised the efforts of the EU and Action Against Hunger (AAH), as well as government officials associated with the initiative .
Sindh (Pakistan), December 8: Despite multiple interventions in Pakistans Sindh, hunger and food insecurity became a major challenge on Wednesday, according to Dawn.The European Unions Programme for Improved Nutrition in Sindh (PINS) was launched in 2018 by the Sindh government with the aim of lowering hunger in the province from 48 percent to 40 percent by 2021.The event was held in Sindh this year, and Sindh Health Minister Azra Fazal Pechuho praised the efforts of the EU and Action Against Hunger (AAH), as well as government officials associated with the initiative, saying that this would go a long way toward combating the province's decades-long shortage of health and employment opportunities.However, she admitted that the government has failed in timely responding to the challenges of acute poverty and hunger, which has culminated in a larger epidemic as a result of the years' unprecedented floods, according to Dawn.
Dawn said the health department fully supports the efforts and funds expended into the capacity development of our healthcare workers and the establishment of eight district-based interventions, which Dawn notes is a 92 percent success rate for preventing hunger in individual cases, with 188,827 admissions to the OTP sites, which is more than the target, with 9,063 children being admitted and treated, according to Dawn.