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The World Breast Feeding Week 2013..

This Year’s World Breastfeeding Week Theme is



World Breastfeeding week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocent Declaration made by WHO and UNICEF policy-makers in august 1990 to promote and support breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding is the best way to provide newborns with the nutrients they need. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding until a baby is six months old. And continued breastfeeding with the addition of nutritious complementary foods for up to two years or beyond.