2,000 Philippine mums show breast is best for babies

Organisers of the annual event said they aimed to encourage Filipina mothers to breastfeed their babies entirely for the first six months to lower the country's high infant mortality rate.-AFP

Manila (AFP) - Some 2,000 mothers in the Philippines breastfed their babies in public on Saturday in a gathering aimed at cutting infant deaths and dispelling taboos over the practice.

To the upbeat sounds of local pop songs, hundreds of mothers suckled their babies inside a cavernous Manila stadium, some of them multitasking by feeding two children at the same time.