OFFICIALS OF THE Ministry of Health are exploring options for women who are unable to breastfeed naturally.
They are participating in a week-long workshop exploring the benefits of creating a Human Milk Bank. This could see lactating mothers supply breast milk, which would be stored for babies.
“This discussion beginning here today will see us moving away from formula feeds and non-breast milk products to more human milk formula. It will serve the country better if we see an uptake in human milk,” said director of nursing services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Henderson Pinder.
He spoke to the media on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Brazilian Association of Cooperation-led workshop on Human Milk Banks for CARICOM under the theme, The Right To Human Milk As A Life Safeguard: A Fundamental Right. It was held at the Brazilian Embassy in Hastings, Christ Church. (LK)
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