SHIMLA: With an aim to promote breastfeeding, Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Vipin Parmar has launched Mothers Absolute Affection (MAA) program in the state.
Breastfeeding helps in reducing the incidence of infant mortality and early childhood mortality and provides complete nutrition to a child. The aim of the program was to make people aware of the importance of breastfeeding, he said.
The minister directed the chief medical officers to monitor the implementation and impact of the program to achieve the goal of good health for every child.
He said the main components of the program were community awareness generation, strengthening inter-personal communication through ASHA workers, skilled support for breastfeeding at delivery points in public health facilities and work places.
Principal Secretary of health department Prabodh Saxena said the state government intends to reach out to every facility, every newborn and every mother through this program. PTI
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