Doha: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) yesterday marked World Breastfeeding Week which takes place every year from August 1 to 8 to create awareness about the importance and benefits of breastfeeding for the baby and the mother.
PHCC sought to enhance mothers’ knowledge about breastfeeding by focusing on its benefits.
World Health Organisation says breastfeeding is the best way to provide a newborn with nutritions they need, confirming its importance, especially in the first six month of the baby’s life.
PHCC held lectures to encourage breastfeeding for the baby and the mother. Three lectures were held in Rawdat Al Khail Health Centre, supervised by Mother and Child Health Section, which also provided awareness leaflets in Arabic and English.
It also encouraged mothers to breastfeed their babies as the mother’s milk contains nutritions that help the baby to be healthy, contribute to their protection against diseases and common infections during childhood.
Studies have shown that adults and teenagers breastfed when they were babies are less to get obese or overweight, less likely to haver diabetes and perform better in IQ tests.
The Peninsula
Doha: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) yesterday marked World Breastfeeding Week which takes place every year from August 1 to 8 to create awareness about the importance and benefits of breastfeeding for the baby and the mother.
PHCC sought to enhance mothers’ knowledge about breastfeeding by focusing on its benefits.
World Health Organisation says breastfeeding is the best way to provide a newborn with nutritions they need, confirming its importance, especially in the first six month of the baby’s life.
PHCC held lectures to encourage breastfeeding for the baby and the mother. Three lectures were held in Rawdat Al Khail Health Centre, supervised by Mother and Child Health Section, which also provided awareness leaflets in Arabic and English.
It also encouraged mothers to breastfeed their babies as the mother’s milk contains nutritions that help the baby to be healthy, contribute to their protection against diseases and common infections during childhood.
Studies have shown that adults and teenagers breastfed when they were babies are less to get obese or overweight, less likely to haver diabetes and perform better in IQ tests.
The Peninsula
