WHO: - Better health begins with breastfeeding for baby’s early years

2015/8/3 19:25:36

See what you can do to insure the health of children by breastfeeding for at least the first six months of life and even better for the first two years. Learn more now during World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2015. 

 


WHO, UNICEF and other organizations say that no matter where you live in the world, your baby will gain many benefits by breastfeeding from the first hour of life and – at a minimum – for the first six months of life.

 

Learn more about the myriad of breastfeeding benefits with the WHO Breastfeeding Policy Brief, available at:

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10 ... NMH_NHD_14.7_eng.pdf?ua=1

 

Photo of Ukrainian mothers learning about breastfeeding courtesy of UNICEF.

 

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