KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The Public Health Office, Kathmandu, has instructed all stakeholders not to sell and distribute any product that substitutes breastfeeding.
The office called for a halt in such activities as various products to replace the mother’s milk are found being sold and distributed in the market.
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Public Health Officer Anita Khanal said such a directive was issued to stop sale and distribution of such products after different diet supplements and foods to replace breastfeeding.
Khanal mentioned that any diet, food and milk product found in the market could not be the alternative to breastfeeding as it contains all types of nutrients needed for babies and is the best diet increasing immunity power.
The office requested all to abide by the Mother’s Milk Substitutes (Control of Sale and Distribution) Act, 2049(1992) and Regulations, 2051 BS, as well as to promote health rights of mothers and babies.
