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WORLD BREAST FEEDING WEEK 2024

WORLD BREAST FEEDING WEEK 2024

World Breastfeeding Week is held in the first week of August every year, supported by WHO, UNICEF and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners. The theme for 2024 is Closing the gap: Breastfeeding support for all.  The campaign will celebrate breastfeeding mums in all their diversity, throughout their breastfeeding journeys, while showcasing the ways families, societies, communities and health workers can have the back of every breastfeeding mum.

The Programme conducted by the District Medical and Health Officer Dr. B. Malathi, and chief guest Dr. S. Rajeshwar Rao, M.D., Principal, Government Medical College, Khammmam and Dr. L. Kiran Kumar M.S, Medical Superintendent, Government General Hospital, Khammam.