Aiming to breastfeed all newborns


More family-friendly policies, like having all workplaces provide the time and the space for breastfeeding women to express their breast milk and store it appropriately, are still needed to help support continued breastfeeding. — Filepic

It has been several years now since the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Children’s Fund (Unicef) decided to commemorate World Breastfeeding Week on Aug 1-7 annually.

The benefits of breastfeeding have been repeatedly publicised.

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