breastfeeding

World Breastfeeding Week being celebrated in NL (October 1-7)

World Breastfeeding Week being celebrated in NL (October 1-7)

World Breastfeeding Week, which runs from October 1 to 7, has been proclaimed in Newfoundland and Labrador by the Honourable Susan Sullivan, Minister of Health and Community Services. This year’s theme is Breastfeeding Support: Close to Mothers, which focuses on providing peer support through friends, family, the community and the health care system to help encourage and sustain breastfeeding among new mothers.