Sunday, August 21, 2005

Breastfeeding saving Afghan babies (BBC NEWS | Health)

Naseema desperately needed help.

She had already lost seven of her eleven children now the lives of her six-week old twins hung in the balance.

When Naseema, a mother in northern Afghanistan, came to her local health clinic her babies were severely malnourished.

She said she had not got sufficient breast milk to feed them, and had been feeding them sugar water with a little bit of powdered milk added whenever she could afford it.

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