Tuesday 1^st /08/2023 -Today, World BreastFeeding Week has commenced under the theme “Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a difference for working parents”. It is argued that there is a limited enabling environment for working mothers to sufficiently breastfeed their infants which affects child development.  This breastfeeding week of 1^st– 7^th August, let us, therefore, all join in to emphasize the need for an enabling work environment to ensure that working mothers on the job play their role and feed their infants as is required. 

DID YOU KNOW THAT:

Over 820,000 children’s lives could be saved every year among children under 5 years if all children 0–23 months were optimally breastfed.?

Breastfeeding improves IQ, and school attendance, and is associated with higher income in adult life?

Infant and young child feeding is a key area to improve child survival and promote healthy growth and development?.

WorldBreastFeedingWeek theme: “Making a difference for working parents”

(Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)