Young Mothers Reluctant To Breastfeed For Cosmetic Reasons

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SEROWE: Young mothers have been accused of reluctance to breastfeed due to cosmetic reasons even though breastfeeding plays an important role in saving young lives.

According to research, if every child was breastfed within an hour of birth, given only breast milk for their first six months of life and breastfed up to the age of two years, 800,000 lives would be saved annually.

One medical practitioner officiating at the just ended New Directions in Global Health seminar held at the Serowe Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) for media practitioners and other stakeholders, Dr Janet Mwambona from the Center for Diseases Control (CDC) Botswana, said that it has become a trend that young mothers prefer beauty over their children’s lives.

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