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AIIMS Bibinagar Experts Advocate Breastfeeding Support Through Postnatal Period
World Breastfeeding Week is a special week that celebrates and supports breastfeeding.
Doctors at AIIMS Bibinagar, a big hospital in Hyderabad, India, celebrated this week in 2026.
It lasted from August 1 to August 7.
The doctors said help with breastfeeding should start while a baby is still growing inside the mother.
It should continue after the baby is born and even after the family goes home from the hospital.
The hospital held poster and quiz competitions and workshops to teach mothers.
There were also essay and poetry contests and radio and video programmes.
Doctors say it is not just mothers who need to learn about breastfeeding.
Families, communities, health workers and students should all help.
When everyone works together, mothers feel supported and babies stay healthy.
AIIMS Bibinagar observed World Breastfeeding Week 2026 from August 1 to 7 with competitions, workshops and outreach programmes.
Experts said breastfeeding support must begin during pregnancy and continue through the postnatal period and after discharge.
Executive director Prof. Dr Amita Aggarwal stressed the need for coordinated support from healthcare professionals across several departments.
The institute held poster and quiz competitions, lactation workshops, essay and poetry contests, and video and radio programmes.
Awareness should extend beyond mothers to families, communities, healthcare workers and students to create an enabling environment.
- Who
- Medical experts at AIIMS Bibinagar, including executive director Prof. Dr Amita Aggarwal
- What
- The institute observed World Breastfeeding Week 2026, advocating breastfeeding support from pregnancy through the postnatal period and after discharge
- Where
- AIIMS Bibinagar, Hyderabad
- When
- August 1 to 7, 2026
- Why
- To strengthen lactation management, encourage community participation and create an enabling environment for breastfeeding
Key facts
- Event
- World Breastfeeding Week 2026
- Dates
- August 1-7, 2026
- Location
- AIIMS Bibinagar, Hyderabad
- Executive Director
- Prof. Dr Amita Aggarwal
- Activities
- Poster and quiz competitions, lactation workshops, essay and poetry contests, video and radio programmes, community outreach
- Key Recommendation
- Breastfeeding support should begin during pregnancy and continue through the postnatal period and after discharge
- Departments Involved
- Obstetrics, neonatology, paediatrics, community medicine, family medicine and nursing
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