New Accreditation for Private Hospitals offering Maternity Services
To help mother-to-be choose private hospitals which lays emphasis on supporting her choice to breastfeed her baby, a new initiative has been launched for accreditation of private hospitals offering maternity services.
Under this initiative, Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, a 30-year-old organisation, for protection promotion and support of Breastfeeding in India, and Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI), comprising 12,000 private hospital including maternity centres, has entered into a strategic partnership and launched ‘National Accreditation Centre for Breastfeeding Friendly Hospitals’.
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