More than 2,000 mothers show their support for breastfeeding in a government-backed event aimed at combating child deaths in the Philippines
- Campaign aims to get more mothers to switch to breast milk from infant formula to reduce deaths
- WHO and UN Children’s Fund recommend children be given breast milk within the first hour of birth
- Twenty-seven children out of every thousand died before the age of five in the Philippines in 2016
Hundreds of Philippine mothers breastfed their babies in public today wearing nipple headbands and superhero costumes.
More than 2,000 women gathered in Manila to show their support for a government campaign which aims to get more mothers to switch to breast milk from infant formula.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund recommend that children be given breast milk within the first hour of birth and be exclusively breastfed for their first six months.
Globally, however, three in five babies are not breastfed early, putting them at higher risk of death and disease, the two UN agencies said in a report earlier this year.
Twenty-seven children out of every thousand died before the age of five in the Philippines in 2016, according to WHO data.
Sixty-one other mass breastfeeding events were held in other Philippine cities over the weekend. Some women even nursed two of their children simultaneously.
More than 2,000 women gathered in Manila to show their support for a government campaign which aims to get more mothers to switch to breast milk from infant formula
Many of the Philippine mothers wore costumes to the event, including tiaras and superhero outfits
Hundreds of women sat in a stadium in Manila and breastfed their babies – some even nursing two of their children at the same time
Baby on boob: Some women wore headbands which appeared to symbolise women’s nipples to show their support for the campaign
Selfie: Mothers took pictures of themselves nursing their children in public during the campaign event
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Twenty-seven children out of every thousand died before the age of five in the Philippines in 2016. Hundreds of women came out with their children to show support for breastfeeding
Two at a time: Some of the women who turned up to the event breastfed two of their children at the same time
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund recommend that children be given breast milk within the first hour of birth and be exclusively breastfed for their first six months
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