ASIA PACIFIC: UN agencies push for more breastfeeding

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Updated June 21, 2007 19:41:55

Two key United Nations agencies are pushing the benefits of breastfeeding to improve the health and survival rates of babies and young children in the Pacific and in east Asia. The World Health Organisation and UNICEF are calling for a regional strategy to increase child survival, with breast feeding considered the best form of protection.

Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
Speakers: WHO's Suva based Dr Temo Wanqanivalu; Australian Breastfeeding Association Director Barbara Glare

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