“Malta has the second lowest rate of breastfeeding in Europe,” the Commissioner for Children, Sonia Camilleri said yesterday at a seminar on breastfeeding.
Malta has signed an international agreement which protects the rights of the child and binds the government to promote breastfeeding during anti-natal classes.
However, Mrs Camilleri said that not enough was being done.
“The government is not doing enough to promote breastfeeding – I will be writing to the Minister of Health to remind him of his obligations towards newborn babies.”
She called for more in-depth training in breast-feeding, especially in the midwifery, nursing and medicine courses.
click to read more...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment