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Birth India was established in June 2007 to address the issue of the increasingly high numbers of women from all backgrounds in India being led into cesarean sections, unnecessary medical interventions and the harm this is causing to women, children and families.
Contact details: log on to http://www.birthindia.org/. For contact details, click here.
Register on their website to get remainders about their events.
La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed. All women interested in breastfeeding are invited to telephone our Leaders for help.
Contact details: www.llli.com (the La Leche League International website)
Kavita Mukhi
Telephone: +91 98198 52266
E-mail: kavitamukhi@gmail.com
Manisha Gogri
Telephone: +91-22-25695803 or 91-9821418983
E-mail: manisharg@gmail.com
Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) is a non-profit, non-governmental, voluntary organisation that aims at protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding. BPNI was born on December 3, 1991. BPNI is a broad-based organisation with paediatricians, obstetricians, nurses, mother support group, media persons and housewives as members. BPNI headquarter believe in networking, social mobilisation and empowerment of state level organisations. BPNI has five regional centres across India.
Contact details: BPNI website
www.bpni.org
http://bpnimaharashtra.org
Pic: Richard Sweet
