The Ministry of Public Health, together with other institutions, called on women in particular and the Dominican family in general to understand the importance of breast-feeding babies exclusively during the first six months of life. The institutions note that this will reduce infant mortality and diseases such as cancer in the woman.
Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas headed a huge march under carry the slogan “Life Pillar” for the closing of activities of World Week of Breast Feeding. The minister noted the importance of the integration of all of the different organizations that provide incentives to promote breast-feeding that quite low in this country. In fact, Sánchez Cárdenas expressed his confidence that next year when they take a new survey regarding breast-feeding the index will be more than the current level of 4%.
Sánchez Cárdenas said that he is working with the National Health Service (SNS) so that none of the neonatal care facilities and maternity wards would promote “milk formulas” as a substitute for mothers who are able to breast-feed their babies.
In a press release regarding the march, Sánchez Cárdenas said there is no substitute for maternal milk to promote the healthy development of the child. He called upon everyone to join in the campaign so that every Dominican woman who becomes a mother understands the importance of breast-feeding their baby from the first moment of life.
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Diario Libre
9 August 2018
