You know that from Babies and more we encourage the Breastfeeding as the best feeding for the baby, basically because it is nature itself that has given the mother the ability to feed her young, like all mammals.
It is comforting when an important body, such as the United Nations Human Rights Council recognizes this practice as a human right for babies and mothers that must be encouraged and protected.
Protect it against artificial milk
In a statement issued in Geneva on Tuesday, experts said governments should stop the "deceptive, aggressive and inappropriate" marketing of breast milk substitutes that the industry performs globally.
It refers to samples of artificial milk that are provided in the maternity or in pediatric consultations. As health agents, they should help mothers who want to breastfeed so they can do so if they have problems, giving support so they can have a happy breastfeeding for as long as she and her baby decide.
Experts added that those marketing practices often negatively affect the decisions women make on how to feed their babies and prevent both babies and mothers from enjoying the health benefits of breastfeeding.
They also wanted to emphasize that States should make more efforts to combat inappropriate marketing practices of these products and urged them to put them into practice.
The lack of information of health workers, cultural and family traditions and the stigmatization suffered by women who breastfeed in public places and in the workplace, were mentioned as some of the causes that hinder the advancement of breastfeeding .
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the death of some 820,000 children could be avoided annuallyIf breastfeeding begins one hour after the baby is born, it is fed only during the first six months and breastfeeding continues until the age of two with the complementary foods indicated.
