Workplaces must provide time, privacy, and support for mothers who are expressing breast milk
A new study suggests that changes in policies have led to decreased breastfeeding
Among other psychosocial concerns, pre-teen and teenage births contribute to poor mother and child nutrition results
Poor basic service delivery is linked to children’s poor nutrition
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 breast-feed
An overly critical approach to infant formula will not improve South Africa’s breastfeeding rates if mother are not helped in systemic ways
New research shows that there has been an increase in maternal deaths during the Covid-19 restriction
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.
We tell moms to exclusively breastfeed. But we don’t tell them about all the things that get in the way of that, including depression.
Employers should encourage mothers to claim their rights to breastfeed at work
The US president hit back at The New York Times for publishing ‘fake news’
Malnutrition is a leading cause of death in under-fives, but there’s a simple — and free — solution that could save lives.
Infants are less likely to be obese and mothers’ have a lower risk of cancer
Research shows mothers’ milk produces children less likely to be involved in crime.
Replacement therapy for menopause symptoms is considered safe – if the breast cancer risk is addressed.
Mothers blame themselves and their children can never give up their antiretrovirals.
Exclusive breast-feeding, introduced in line with WHO guidelines, has proven safe for babies if the mother is on antiretroviral treatment.
A department spends millions on buying goods, but fails to distribute it and then pays extra to dump it after realising it’s past its sell-by date.
This isn’t even incompetence; it’s deliberate waste, and we’d go so far as to say it’s fraudulent too.
Pope Francis has told families at special papal baptism that they should not stand on ceremony if their children are in need of food.
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/ 17 December 2013
This is the story of two South African HIV positive women who are taking care of their own health and that of their babies by breastfeeding on ARVs.
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/ 15 November 2013
There are many advantages to breastfeeding but should mothers be bribed to do it?
It’s World Breastfeeding Week and government and Save the Children have joined forces to promote breastfeeding to save children’s lives.
The health department is set to promote exclusive breastfeeding in order to reverse South Africa’s high infant mortality rate.
Exclusively breastfed babies are less likely to become obese adults, research has shown.
In 2006, doctors at an isolated former Transkei hospital took the decision to encourage mothers to only feed breastmilk till babies are six months.
"Despite modern scientific advances, no scientist has been able to incorporate immune protection into formula milk." — <b>Aaron Motsoaledi</b>.
One-size-fits-all policy for HIV-positive mothers could reverse gains made in saving infant lives.
HIV doctors argue that mothers should be able to choose how they feed their babies.
Doctors in the HIV field and mothers infected have reacted with doubt to the health minister’s announcement of an "exclusive breastfeeding" policy.
SA must "reposition, protect and support breast-feeding" — even restrict baby formula — to combat child mortality, says SA’s health minister.
Breast or bottle is one of the most intimate and essential decisions a new parent has to make.