Tuesday, August 4, 2015

World Breastfeeding Week 2015

This week (August 1st-7th) is World Breastfeeding week, an event which aims to promote the benefits of breastfeeding and highlight the vital importance of a practice which gives children the healthiest start in life. The theme for this years event is "Women and work - let's make it work" which emphasizes the need for better support systems and policies to enable working women to breastfeed. You can find out more at the official website at http://www,worldbreastfeedingweek.org

www.breastfeeding.ie is the resource for breastfeeding in Ireland. It contains links to resources and publications as well as guidelines for mothers.

The Cochrane Library has a special collection of Cochrane reviews dedicated to the topic of breastfeeding; you can access it here




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