First ever mothers milk bank established in Nepal: Weekly Nepal update

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On 9 August 2022, at the Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunita Rai uses a spoon to feed her newborn son breastmilk. Credit: © UNICEF/UN0687366/Upadhayay/© UNICEF/UN0687366/Upadhayay

On Friday, Nepal's president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, inaugurated the country's first human milk collection and distribution fund, Amrit Kosh.



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