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Save the children, and 'SKS Foundation' jointly arranged half yearly coordination meeting with related GoB departments and local government institute under the project ‘Mamota’ funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC)- Revenue and also Acting Deputy Director of Local Government section here Rabiul Hasan attended the function and addressed it as the chief guest and Civil Surgeon Dr. Abdullahel Mafi, and Deputy Director of Department of Family Planning Saiful Islam, Fulchhari Upazila Chairman GM Selim Pervez, Sundarganj UNO Mohammad Al-Maruf and Sadar UNO Shariful Alam spoke at the event as special guests, and Director of Health of Rangpur Division Dr. Habibur Rahman was present as a guest of honor while Deputy Executive Chief of SKS Foundation Dr. Imrul Kayes Maniruzzaman presided over the ceremony. A PowerPoint presentation on over-all activities of the project and its progress and achievements was presented by project coordinator Baharam Khan. Speakers at a function here on Monday underscored the need for ensuring ante- and post-natal cares of the pregnant mothers to prevent the maternal and child death in the country. "An emphasis should be given to the institutional delivery to reduce the maternal and child death to achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030 of the government", they also said. They made the comments while they were addressing a half-yearly coordination meeting on Mamota project at SKS Inn in Radhakrishnapur area under Sadar upazila in the district on Monday (05 December) noon. Discissions during open discussions: • Arendabari UP Chairman will fill the entrance road of UHFWC and Upazila Chairman will take action to construct the rode with RCC work. • Low land of Uria UHFWC will be filled by UP chairman, a child corner also proposed during the discussion. • Front of Uria UHFWC will be clear by Upazila Chairman • Entrance Road of Sonaroy UHFWC will be construct by Upazila Office • All UPs will take action about pregnant mother allowance with the help of Upazila Nirbahi Officer. Eleven unions of Sadar, Sundarganj, Fulchhari and Saghata upazilas of the district have been brought under the command areas of the project, he also said. The objective of the project is to promote the maternal and newborn health side by side with reducing maternal and newborn death through institutional deliveries, he added. Chief Guest ADC-Revenue Rabiul Hasan in his speech, underlined the need for creating much awareness among the pregnant mothers and their guardians to ensure institutional delivery to avoid the complexities of home delivery. He also gave his commitment to provide all sorts of administrative help and assistance from the district and upazila administrations to run the project in command areas peacefully.