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Formula for disaster: Why overfocus on formula-feeding will not improve our breastfeeding rates

An overly critical approach to infant formula will not improve South Africa’s breastfeeding rates if mother are not helped in systemic ways

  • Rumbi Goredema Gӧrgens
  • Julie Mentor
  • Wanga Zembe-Mkabile
  • Yanga Zembe-Zondi
8 min read