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`Breastfeeding Week'

By Our Staff Correspondent

BELGAUM, AUG. 3. Speakers at the inauguration of `World Breastfeeding Week' emphasised the importance of breastfeeding here on Tuesday.

As per the World Health Organisation's theme, "Exclusive Breastfeeding - The Gold Standard: Safe, Sound, and Sustainable," the KLE Society's Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, J.N. Medical College, Breast Feeding Promotion Network of India, and Indian Association of Paediatricians are jointly observing the week. They have taken up several activities for the promotion of breastfeeding in urban and rural communities.

Formally inaugurating the "Breastfeeding Week", the Medical Director and Chief Executive of the hospital, M.V. Jali, the President of Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, N.S. Mahantshetti, and the college Principal, V.D. Patil, lamented the decline of breastfeeding.

They said the event was meant to promote exclusive breastfeeding of infants. Breastfeeding should be continued, along with solid food, for two years.

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