Friday, August 05, 2005

Overall decline in breastfeeding in Middle East, North Africa worries UN

August 2005 – Even though individual countries including Syria and Egypt have achieved over 50 per cent breastfeeding rates for infants, the lack of continued support for exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life has led to a recent decline in the practice in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).


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