Breastfeeding and globalisation


  • Health
  • Sunday, 03 Aug 2003

YOU might go “huh?” when you first look at this year’s theme for World Breastfeeding Week. But, it is rather appropriate, what with the possible impact of globalisation on lives the world over. 

What is globalisation? It is the term used to describe efforts in recent years of imposing harmonised rules of free trade and free financial flows throughout the whole world. Powered by large corporations and financial markets, globalisation has become a tool to maximise profits.  

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