Yanet Olivares, coordinator in the country for the La Leche League (LLL) says that according to the Endesa 2013 poll, 76.6% of Dominican mothers will breastfeed their babies at birth, but only 9.5% will do so exclusively to the third month, and only 6.7% through the first six months. The World Health Organization recommends starting to supplement with other food after six months of exclusive breastfeeding. Olivares says the DR is in the last place of 21 regional countries in exclusive breastfeeding, according to data collected by the World Health Organization and the Panamerican Health Organization.
Dr. Clavel Sanchez, of the National Breastfeeding Commission, says that breastfeeding is a first vaccination for babies. She advocates for educating in schools about the importance of breastfeeding. “We need to make normal what is normal,” she says.
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