Breastfeeding: a contemporary issue in a globalized world
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To celebrate the 2014 World Breastfeeding Week, the Pan American Health Organization calls for a look at the state of breastfeeding in the 21st century and how it relates to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), this year’s theme, as well as other developments including the Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition approved by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2012 and the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), to be held by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in November 2014. Several stakeholders are emphasizing the need for renewed investment in breastfeeding in a contemporary framework. The evidence of its benefits is compelling, while additional benefits are continually emerging. What is needed now is political leadership to protect, promote and support breastfeeding so that, among other things, mothers are free to breastfeed anytime and anyplace to benefit their health and that of their children, as well as society as a whole.
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