2024

Training 2023-2024 BPNI’s Certificate Course on “Breastfeeding & Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling and Support Skills” (The 4 in 1 training course on breastfeeding & lactation support skills, complementary feeding, HIV & infant feeding and growth monitoring, especially designed for children under 2 years)

“Breastfeeding Friendly Hospital” Initiative (BFHI) India for Private Hospitals

iDECIDE a new initiative by BPNI

iDECIDE a new initiative by BPNI to help Pregnant Women/Husbands to make an informed decision on feeding their babies is launched.  www.idecide.org.in   Common Problems during Pregnancy To register for this Session Click Here WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO DECIDE ABOUT FEEDING YOUR NEWBORN? It is strongly believed that 2nd or 3rd trimester of…

Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs)

The Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) was founded on 3rd December, 1991 at Wardha, Maharashtra. It is a national network of organisations and individuals dedicated to promote mother and child health through protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding.

OUR HISTORY

In 1979 our daughter was born. My wife and I, being doctors and strong supporters of breastfeeding, decided that she should be breastfed exclusively for the first months but we failed in a few days, there being no support available from the family or the health care system. The prevailing bottle-feeding culture was too strong. The little girl had to give up breastfeeding by 5-6 months. The story was repeated in 1981 when our son was born.

At that point of time we started looking for information on how one could succeed in breastfeeding but failed to find anything. We found ourselves in a position where women were only exhorted to follow optimal guidelines for breastfeeding but not supported to do so; so they
often failed in their efforts to provide their babies with the best food. Years passed by, more and more women adopted bottle-feeding culture as a modern practice..

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