Tribal Affairs Minister launched Stanpan Suraksha App to Promote Breast Feeding . A mobile application, Stanpan Suraksha, developed by an NGO Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) to promote breast feeding and check on “inappropriate” promotion of baby food items, was launched by Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on December 2, 2016 in New Delhi.Tribal Affairs
Minister launched Stanpan Suraksha App to Promote Breast Feeding
The App has a feature to enable people report the inappropriate promotion of marketed baby food around them, by enabling them to click pictures of advertisements, displays of such products and send them to an NGO which then may take required legal action.
Benefits of Stanpan Suraksha App
♦ It will empower people to keep check on the baby food industry.
♦ Promote breastfeeding among urban women, however, emphasis is made to target rural women also.
iii. The app also has a city-wise database of trained breastfeeding counselor who can educate and provide assistance to mothers during antenatal and postnatal period.
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