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Mothers know breast is best, but many don’t do so for the recommended six months

As we commemorate another annual breast-feeding week we are faced with statistics that are refusing to shift. Grow Great looks at how as a society we can support women to…

We always tell moms breast is best but sometimes milk doesn’t come when babies do. This breast milk bank is filling in these gaps.

[LISTEN] You bank your money each month, so why not bank your breast milk?

We always tell moms breast is best but sometimes milk doesn’t come when babies do. This breast milk bank is filling in these gaps.

(John McCann/M&G)

Good for mom, baby and boss

Employers should encourage mothers to claim their rights to breastfeed at work

Dams would need to reach 65% by the end of the rainy season at the start of October before the city’s water storage capacity moves out of the danger zone. (David Harrison/M&G)

Trump slams anti-breastfeeding claims

The US president hit back at The New York Times for publishing ‘fake news’

Bank on this: A doctor stores breast milk at the human milk bank in Lima.

Give and take: When the profit motive clouds milk donation

Breast milk may well be an elixir for premature babies. But this ‘white gold’ can be hard to find.

Breastfeeding benefits mom and baby

Comment: Superfood for Babies

It’s World Breastfeeding Week and government and Save the Children have joined forces to promote breastfeeding to save children’s lives.

Breastfeeding benefits mom and baby

Breastfeeding benefits mom and baby

The health department is set to promote exclusive breastfeeding in order to reverse South Africa’s high infant mortality rate.