This is an anniversary accident which is apparent from 1st to 7th August every year. It is aimed at educating parents on able way of breastfeeding
Constance Odonkor is Principal Midwifery Officer at Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital in Greater Accra Region. She said, "this affairs is to sensitise the absolute accessible to abutment and advance breastfeeding"
"We accomplished that breastfeeding has a lot of importance, and a lot of women are not activity by diet claim so unfortunately, our bairn babies will not get the appropriate nutrients for them to accept optimal growth," she added
According to Madam Odonkor, "breastfeeding protects babies adjoin infection, afar from that babies who are breastfed makes them brilliant, according to research. Also, with the mother, breast-feeding protects them from breast blight and as able-bodied babies who are breastfed auspiciously do not accept diarrhea"
"Parents should accept best practices as able-bodied as to animate absolute breastfeeding at aboriginal stages of their babies and can add alimental aliment afterwards six months," she advised
This year's affair for the breastfeeding anniversary is "Closing the gap: Breastfeeding Abutment for all"
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