Yesterday morning, the Director of Health Affairs in Riyadh Region, Dr. Hisham bin Muhammad Nadara, sponsored the opening ceremony of the second breastfeeding training course at Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Hospital in Riyadh. The ceremony began with the Holy Qur’an and then the speech of the Chair of the Breastfeeding Committee, Dr. Areej bint Khaled Mahrous, who confirmed that the rate of breastfeeding has decreased. Its persistence in many parts of the world is due to many social, cultural and economic reasons, and reliance on modern ways of living and scientific innovations exacerbated the problem, noting that part of these problems are the result of the wrong routine practices practiced in many maternity hospitals, so the World Health Organization and the United Nations issued

United Childhood UNICEF issued a joint statement under the name of the Baby Friendly Hospitals Initiative. After that, Dr. Afaf Al-Tuwaijri, the coordinator of the breastfeeding program in Riyadh, gave a speech in which she indicated the efforts of the hospital director, Dr. Ali Al-Omari and the Lactation Committee, confirming that this occasion coincided with the issuance of the regulations and executive decisions of the Circulation of Milk Substitutes System The mother, which we hope will be activated at all levels, and confirmed that the duration of the course is three days, during which he delivers a number of medical lectures and seminars. Then the Director of Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Dr. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Omari, delivered a speech in which he welcomed the attendees and praised the efforts of Dr. Hisham Nazra and confirmed that the opening of the training course To encourage breastfeeding, the aim of it is to work to protect breastfeeding as a bulwark and safety for the safety of our children. Breastfeeding is necessary for the child''s physical, emotional and psychological development and protects him, God willing, from many diseases. Then the Director of Health Affairs in Riyadh Region Dr. Hisham Nadara gave a speech in which he expressed his happiness and pleasure For his sponsorship of this intensive course to encourage breastfeeding, praising the efforts of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques May God protect him, who approved the main public code for breastfeeding in the Kingdom and thanked the hospital staff for this kind initiative in organizing this session, which will have good and blessed results.

He emphasized that this hall witnessed meetings fifteen years ago organized by the Ministry of Health regarding the breastfeeding project and I was attending these meetings, so we must join hands with the Breastfeeding Support Committee to announce soon that this hospital is child-friendly and this thing will be achieved, God willing, in record time with efforts. All hospital employees, after that, Dr. Hisham Nadira handed over shields and certificates to all those who contributed to the success of the session’s activities. Dr. Ali Al-Omari presented a memorial shield to Dr. Hisham Nadira, who then preferred to open the exhibition accompanying the session.

It is worth noting that the presenter of the breastfeeding program, Professor Mona Abdel Fattah, made great efforts.