KABUL (SW): Afghanistan joined the rest of the world on Tuesday as it marked the World Breastfeeding Week highlighting the importance of it for the newborn’s health.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a gathering in connection with the day, the Minister of Public Health FirozuddinFiroz said Afghanistan has witnessed significant improvements regarding general health and child nutrition.<\/p>\n
“Authentic researches indicate that mothers who breastfeed their infants for 2 years reduce child mortality rate by 35% “, he noted. The minister added that by using the available facilities in the ministry, the government would try to further raise awareness on breastfeeding and child nutrition.<\/p>\n
Akil Aier, representative for United Nations’ Fund for Children (UNICEF) in Afghanistan said on the occasion breastfeeding in the first 100-day reduces children mortality rate by 25% among infants.<\/p>\n
“Breastfeeding makes the children precocious and makes their bodies resistant to diseases. Children who were not breastfed properly suffer from weight loss and malnutrition”, he said.<\/p>\n
According to the officials in Ministry of Public Health, more than 100000 children under the age of 5 die each year in Afghanistan. Around 50% of these children were not properly breastfed.<\/p>\n
Breastfeeding is one of the most cost-effective ways to boost children’s health. World Breastfeeding Week 2015 aims to empower women to combine work with breastfeeding and raising their children<\/p>\n
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