World Breastfeeding Day: An Act of Love

Published at: 01/08/2024 08:00 AM

Every year, World Breastfeeding Day is celebrated from August 1 to 7, and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) call on governments around the world to protect and promote women's access to qualified breastfeeding advice, a crucial element of breastfeeding support.

It offers all children the best possible start in life, since it provides health, nutritional and emotional benefits to both children and mothers, so the practice of this process is part of a sustainable food system, in which mothers need support both to start breastfeeding and to maintain it.

Donating breast milk benefits newborns who cannot be breastfed by their mothers, premature or underweight children, who are in intensive care and those who cannot tolerate artificial milk formulas.

In 2013, Venezuela ranked second among the countries with the highest number of breast milk donation institutions. These banks are located in more than five states, including the Capital District, Monagas and Sucre.

The Bolivarian Revolution has always been characterized by the care of boys and girls since the beginning of their pregnancy in the womb with the creation of social programs: Humanized Childbirth and Breastfeeding.

In 2021, the National Assembly (AN) approved in its first discussion the partial reform of the Law on the Promotion and Protection of Breastfeeding in order to expand its benefits.

Mazo News Team