Since 2005 NUS implemented the project titled “Access to Primary Health Care Services and Nutrition Support for the Slum Based Ultra Poor People” in Khilgaon Thana funded by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh and NUS’s core fund
Activities under this project are-
NUS run nutrition booths in slums area, providing balance hotchpotch (khichari) with rice, vegetables and chicken for the children of widow and divorced women led families once a day. Beside that, NUS cheek-up nutrition status through weight and height measurement. Field workers of NUS are also provided counseling on health care and nutrition.