Govt to Establish Breast Milk Banks to Tackle Malnutrition nilepostnews: Uganda
Sarah Ngalombi, senior nutritionist at Ministry of Health has revealed that the ministry is benchmarking the idea to address the challenge of malnutrition and infant mortality.
"So, one of the options is the breast milk bank, and we have started benchmarking with other countries to see how it will be socially acceptable in our country and also to make sure that within the policies, it is incorporated there if it can work," Ngalombi said.
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