Aligarh, August 11: Bachelor of Unani Medicine and
Surgery 2017 batch students, Abdullah Faizul Hasan and Ilma Nazim won
the first and second prizes respectively in the poster-making
competition to observe the ‘World Breast Feeding Awareness Week’ at the
Department of Amraz-e-Niswan-Wa-Atfal, Faculty of Unani Medicine,
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
Other events such as lecture series, spreading awareness through
visual aids, pamphlet distribution and counselling of nursing mothers
were also carried out.
“The breast feeding week is a grim reminder of the correlation
between the diminished status of breastfeeding and rising health
complications in children. The most natural, convenient and spontaneous
way of feeding the new-borns has been progressively neglected over the
years and is unfortunately substituted by inferior replacements marketed
in the name of complete baby food due to variety of factors,” said Prof
Suboohi Mustafa, Chairperson, Department of Amraz-e-Niswan-Wa-Atfal.
She stressed on the role and responsibility of the community at large to support breast feeding campaign.
Prof Syeda Aamena Naaz, Dr M Anas, Dr Diwan Israr Khan, Dr Fahmeeda
Zeenat and Dr Abiha Ahmad Khan discussed how breast milk provides
complete nutrition to newborns and holds many benefits for the
mother-child dyad while protecting children against many common
childhood illnesses.
They were speaking on ‘Protect Breast Feeding: A Shared Responsibility’, the theme for this year’s Breast Feeding Week.
