Breastfeeding is the baby the best start to life!
Indeed it was estimated that about one million children die each year from infections that could be prevented by breastfeeding.
L ' World Health Organization el' UNICEF recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of the baby and recommend it even after the addition of solid foods up to 2 years.
However, especially in industrialized countries, many mothers give formula milk or other foods before 4 months of life and removing the infant, breast-feeding long before the child's first birthday of life.
This often occurs for a number of concerns in the woman (do not have enough milk ...) feeding difficulties, lack of support from health professionals and family environment, ...
essential for the health of the infant and mother, is the task of health facilities to promote and support breastfeeding: praising the mothers breast-feeding, helping them to breastfeed in the best way, stopping in difficult situations as the return to work, ...
All this can only bring great benefits not only to the mother and the baby, but to the whole society.
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