World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of children around the world. PAHO / WHO actively promotes breastfeeding as the best source of infant nutrition. “Breastfeeding and working: To make sure the appointment is for all” is the 2015 theme.
The date commemorates the Innocenti Declaration, signed in August 1990 by decision makers from governments of countries, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and other organizations to protect and promote breastfeeding.
In order to make breastfeeding in a normative behavior, it is necessary to overcome the major obstacles to women to decide for themselves whether they wish to breastfeed and for how long. Among these obstacles are the influence of cultural practices, the lack guidance and the limited support they offer hospitals and health services, the marketing of inappropriate practices using the manufacturers and distributors of infant formula and other breastmilk substitutes, as well as lack of protection of motherhood and programs that advocate for breastfeeding in the workplace.
See more:
- BVS Aleitamento Materno
- Prefeito sanciona lei que garante aleitamento materno em estabelecimentos (in portuguese)
- World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
- World Breastfeeding Week
- Semana Mundial do Aleitamento Materno – OPAS/OMS (in spanish)
- Apresentação – Aleitamento materno e trabalho – OPAS/OMS (in spanish)
- Página sobre nutrição infantil da OPAS/OMS (in spanish)
Related Links:
- Especialistas da SBP participam de oficina de formação de tutores da Estratégia Mulher Trabalhadora que Amamenta
- rBLH celebra a amamentação nos países da CPLP
- USP busca voluntárias para estudo sobre os benefícios da amamentação
- No Brasil, aleitamento materno necessita de redes de apoio e políticas públicas
- Agosto Dourado reforça a importância do aleitamento materno para a saúde de mães e bebês
