A key component of the policy will involve educating midwives and health care professionals on how to better provide skilled, practical and emotional support to enable mothers to breast-feed.
This came to light during a one-day workshop on the importance of breast-feeding organized on Wednesday as part of activities to mark this year's Breast-feeding Week from August 1 to 8.
The workshop, held at the National Institute of Health and Social Services (NIHSS), was organized by the Ministry of Education and Youth and conducted by Janet Anacoura, midwife tutor at NIHSS.
Its aim was to strengthen the role of midwives in Seychelles and to support and encourage breast-feeding as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), which is to be part of the national policy.
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