Taking inspiration from Brazil, India to adopt similar model of creating wide network of human milk banks
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New Delhi, October 30: Mother’s milk is ‘Amrit’ for any new-born baby. Taking inspiration from Brazil's success in the field of human milk bank, India has decided to adopt a similar model in creating a wide network of human milk banks, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey told yesterday in a media briefing after after returning from BRICS Health Ministers' Conference in Brazil.
“The Centre has set a target of ensuring at least 70 per cent infants to have access to breast milk by the year 2025. The Target will subsequently be increased to 100 per cent,” said the Minister.
The Minister further informed that member countries have decided to take coordinated efforts to reduce infant mortality rate, increase the access of breast milk to the infants and ensuring affordable medicine to all. The minister also informed that the member countries appreciated India's Ayushman Bharat scheme for universal health coverage.
Key issues like primary health coverage, reduction of infant mortality, vaccination, availability of affordable medicines, Tuberculosis and universal health coverage dominated the deliberations in the Conference.