At least 4000 infants and young children die everyday in Uganda due to lack of breastfeeding. This was disclosed by the Health Minister in charge of General Duties, Dr Richard Nduhura in Gulu on Tuesday.
Nduhura was addressing a rally to mark the World Breastfeeding Week.
"Everyday, as many as 4000 infants and young children die because they are not breastfed. Why should this continue?" Asked Nduhura.
He said the trend could be reversed if mothers are empowered with enough knowledge about breastfeeding and are continuously motivated and supported to breastfeed the children.
The minister blamed the increasingly poor breastfeeding culture in the country on aggressive advertising for bottle feeding, where marketing gimmicks and slogans are used to discredit breastfeeding.
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