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Safe motherhood prerequisite to prevent disabilities

Experts say at conference

Staff Correspondent
Safe motherhood is the prerequisite of preventing different types of disabilities as a large number of disabilities take place due to antenatal and delivery complexities, speakers at the 1st National Congress of the Bangladesh Society for Child Neurology. Development and Disability (BSCNDD) said yesterday.
At the inaugural session of the two-day conference at the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) auditorium the speakers also said that around 50 lakh children in the country have been suffering from various types of physical and mental disabilities, including blindness and autism.
The antenatal care is very limited in public level and it is a must to provide physical and mental support to the expecting mothers. Malnutrition of the expecting mother increases the risk of disability’ of the expecting baby, they said.
In every public medical hospitals there should be a Child Development Centre, they said adding that the country has enough resources and manpower to establish the centers that require a psychiatrist, a therapist and a skilled doctor.
Brain infections, starting from the first trimester ol pregnancy till birth and the first lew months of life, carries a 20 times higher risk for later disability. Most remain unrecognized and poorly treated, although early recognition and
appropriate treatment can prevent serious disability’, the experts said at the inaugural session.
While delivering the speech as the chief guest Dr AMM Shawkat Ali, adviser to the ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said that dealing with children is difficult. Dealing with children with functional limitations is even more difficult.
Public-private partnership is important to address the issues of child development, he said adding that it is also important to provide policy input to the development agenda so that meaningful steps can be taken to handle the issue. At the same time, wider dissemination of the research results would behelpful.
National Professor MR Khan and President of National Forum of Organisations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD) Zahurul Alam spoke as special guests.
Prof Mohammad Monimul Hoque presided over the inaugural session while experts from home and abroad took part in the plenary sessions.
The' congress began with the theme 'Quality of Child Survival.' The main reason for the concern is the rising number of children with neurodevelopmental impairments, which will be highlighted in the congress.
The congress is the concerted effort of childcare professionals involved in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of children with neurodevelopmental impairments.
The congress conferred 'Agradoot Award on Prof Sultana Sarwatara Zaman for her outstandingcontribution to the field of child neurology, development and disability.
Hassina Alam Award was also launched to encourage the medical professionals for research. Dr Selina H Banu, social secretary of BSCNDD. received the award for her research on 'Side Effects of Phenobarbital and Carbamazepine in Childhood Epilepsy: Randomized ControlledTiial.’