The World Breast Feeding
Week 2013..
This Year’s World
Breastfeeding Week Theme is
World
Breastfeeding week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170
countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around
the world. It commemorates the Innocent Declaration made by WHO and UNICEF
policy-makers in august 1990 to promote and support breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding
is the best way to provide newborns with the nutrients they need. WHO recommends
exclusive breastfeeding until a baby is six months old. And continued
breastfeeding with the addition of nutritious complementary foods for up to two
years or beyond.
