La Sala cuidArt of the Hospital de Dénia welcomes from this week until the next 26 in February XXI Edition of the Photographic Contest "Breastfeeding Marina Alta" organized by Grup Nodrissa.
The sample of the contest consists of a total of 200 photographs. The snapshots are the result of a selection among the most 736 submitted to the contest during 2017. The objective of the exhibition is not only to disseminate the art of breastfeeding, but to make the process of breastfeeding part of everyday life.
In the Department of Health of Denia is very well established culture of breastfeeding from primary, with attention to pregnancy until formations breeding, through assistance dispensing midwives and nurses in maternity wards and hospitalization during childbirth .
Breastfeeding is a biocultural process that provides numerous benefits to both babies and their mothers. The WHO recommends that babies exclusively breastfeed for six months and, together with other foods, for at least two years.
The Photographic Contest of Breastfeeding Marina Alta, in which Dénia Hospital collaborates, aims not only to disseminate the art of breastfeeding, but to make this bio-cultural process part of our daily life, helping the generational transmission of mothers to daughters.
