GEORGE TOWN: Despite being the third country in the world to have all public hospitals certified as “baby-friendly” by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and World Health Organisation (WHO), private hospitals in Malaysia are still lagging behind, said Malaysian Breastfeeding Association president Siti Norjinah Moin.
She said private hospitals accounted for a mere 4.5% or six of the 133 “baby-friendly” hospitals whose practices were supportive of breastfeeding.
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