Breastfeed to save lives

Breastfeed to save lives

The importance and benefits of breastfeeding is increasingly lost on mothers in Sarawak, who rank second to last in a nationwide poll on breastfeeding mothers in Malaysia.

ACCORDING to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) fact sheet, breastfeeding has been proven to be the most effective way of reducing the mortality rate of children under five years old and it saves more than 3,500 children lives everyday.

“With so much at stake, we need to do more to reach women with a simple, powerful message: ‘Breastfeeding can save your baby’s life’,” said Unicef executive director, Anthony Lake, at the recent World Breastfeeding Week. more>>