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Arun Gupta
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India is planning a network of human breast-milk banks but first needs to put safeguards in place
Breast-milk collected from donors on a large scale need to be checked for adulteration and contamination.
Arun Gupta
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The nine months of pregnancy is the right time to start thinking about how to feed a baby
While breastfeeding is considered to provide more nutrition and protection, women must be given information about the choices and support for their decisions.
Arun Gupta
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No, India is not a ‘breastfeeding nation’. But it badly needs to be one
Caught between unsupportive health workers and an unethical baby food industry, new mothers are being dissuaded from breastfeeding.
Arun Gupta
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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