Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao launched a Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS) campaign, an initiative to set up four more mother’s milk banks and comprehensive lactation management centres (CLMC) at a programme in Belagavi on Wednesday.
Participating in the launch programme, the Minister also inaugurated a mother’s milk bank set up at the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS).
Mr. Gundu Rao said that milk banks played a crucial role in promoting breastfeeding and ensuring that premature and sick infants receive adequate nutrition. He also stressed the need for proper awareness in reducing infant mortalilty.
