The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation in a statement yesterday urged professionals especially physicians to encourage mothers to give breast-milk to their babies.

The Foundation observed that some pharmaceutical companies and powder milk producers and suppliers were persuading medical practitioners with attractive financial gains to strengthen their promotional work to give powder milk to the babies.

Terming the activities unethical, Chairman of the Foundation SK Roy said it was totally contradictory to the ethical commitment and the code of "Breast Milk Substitute (BMS)."

As mothers in the country depend much on the suggestions from doctors such misguidance leads to harm rather than the well being of the children, the statement noted.

Pediatricians and gynecologists suggest mother's breast-milk is best for the infant's health and powder-milk seriously harms the babies.