Breast Feeding Week

Breastfeeding is a natural and essential way of providing infants with vital nutrients, antibodies, and other immune-boosting factors, supporting their growth and development in the early stages of life. It plays a significant role in reducing the risk of various illnesses and diseases, contributing to lower infant mortality rates worldwide.

The theme of Breastfeeding Week changes each year, focusing on different aspects of breastfeeding, such as maternal nutrition, the role of fathers and families, and support networks for breastfeeding mothers. It is a time when various organizations, healthcare professionals, and communities come together to organize workshops, seminars, and awareness campaigns, all aimed at promoting and supporting breastfeeding as the optimal feeding choice for babies.

Breastfeeding Week also seeks to address challenges and barriers that some mothers may face when attempting to breastfeed, including social stigma, lack of support, and inadequate facilities at workplaces or public spaces. By encouraging a supportive and breastfeeding-friendly environment, this annual event endeavors to ensure that every mother can make an informed choice about breastfeeding and receive the necessary support to initiate and sustain this invaluable practice.

• Introduce about importance of breast feeding
• To support mothers through peer groups to promote, establish, and carry on breastfeeding by informing families of the benefits of Peer Counseling
• Call governments to action to recognize the importance of the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and provide legislation to support a breastfeeding mother.
• To deepen knowledge within the community to enhance, promote, and protect breastfeeding.
• Promote breastfeeding for working parents

1. Professional development and behaviorism
2. Increase awareness about breasfeeding techniques
3. Enhance knowledge& awareness about women- centered care.
4. Enhance practice for working parents regarding breastfeeding