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World Breastfeeding Week - August 1 to 7
August 6 , 2019
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- World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is annually held from 1 to 7 August.
- It aims to promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life which has huge health benefits.
- It is jointly organized by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, WHO (World Health Organization) and UNICEF.
- It was first celebrated in 1992 and is now annually observed in more than 100 countries.
- The Food and Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women and Child Development, is organizing a number of activities on the theme “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding” during the WBW.
- Breastfeeding is important because
- It prevents infections like diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections in early infancy and thus reduces infant mortality
- It decreases the risk of mothers developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease
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