date:Aug 03, 2012
in all homes, whether poor or rich.
Indias policy needs to be coherent when it comes to the health system's support to breastfeeding women. Having the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) should ensure that all women can begin breastfeeding within one hour. Private hospitals routinely offer formula to newborn babies and people think its modern. That must stop, and can be curbed by a law.
A uniform policy of building a better skilled healthcare workforce is needed to enable them to help and support wo