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Breastfeeding – what you need to eat

November 20, 2012
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration made by WHO …

World Breastfeeding Week 2012: The importance of breastfeeding

May 23, 2013
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. Malnutrition kills one out of three infants in India. 66% of these deaths occur during the first year of life and is often caused by inappropriate feeding practices. According to WHO, …

World Breastfeeding Week 2012: Antibodies in breast milk could neutralize HIV!

August 1, 2012
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. HIV-1 can be transmitted from mother to child via breastfeeding, posing a challenge for safe infant feeding practices in areas of high HIV-1 prevalence. But only one in 10 HIV-infected …