The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Mother’s milk is a baby’s first ‘natural vaccine’: Mandya Zilla Panchayat CEO
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The Hindu Bureau
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Mandya Zilla Panchayat CEO K.R. Nandini highlighted the critical importance of breastfeeding for infant immunity during World Breastfeeding Week. She noted that Mandya district achieved 100% institutional deliveries with successful early breastfeeding initiation.
Describing mother’s milk as the “baby’s first and best food”, Mandya Zilla Panchayat CEO K.R. Nandini emphasised on the importance of initiating breastfeeding within the first hour of birth, followed by exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, as essential for the child’s health, growth, and immunity.
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