World Breastfeeding Week: Nutritionist stresses on personal hygiene
Ms Vera Boakye, the Nutritionist at the Tema General Hospital, says practicing personal hygiene as a lactating mother is essential in keeping the baby happy and healthy. “It is important to also use disposable nursing pads to soak breast milk dripping into the brassier, which could be breeding grounds for germs and bacteria causing infections and diseases for the […]
Breastfeeding does not cause sagging – Dr Benin
Sagging of the breast is physiological and breastfeeding is not one of the known causes, Dr Amma Benin, the Head of the Paediatric Department, International Maritime Hospital, has said. “The sagging of the breast is physiological, so there are women who have never breastfed, yet they have their breast sagging. The most common cause is […]
Create breastfeeding areas at workplaces – UNICEF Ghana
UNICEF Ghana has called on corporate organisations and employers to establish breastfeeding areas at workplaces and further make arrangements for regular breaks to enable breastfeeding employees who decide to bring their babies there to breastfeed them. The Nutrition Officer of UNICEF Ghana, Jevaise Aballo, who made the call, said when such a facility was available […]
