DUBAI, 3 August (IRIN) - 'Inappropriate feeding practices' are a major cause of malnutrition among children in the Middle East and North Africa region, according to aid workers promoting World Breastfeeding Week, which runs until Sunday.
"Only about half of the mothers - or fewer - in MENA countries exclusively breastfeed their infants for up to three months," said Mahendra Sheth, regional health adviser for the United Nations Children's Fund in the Jordanian, capital, Amman.
The duration of breastfeeding is gradually declining in most countries in the region, and especially in urban areas, due to aggressive advertising of formula milk and poor maternity arrangements, Sheth said.
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