How can Australia boost breastfeeding rates?
In Australia, over 90% of women will start to breastfeed in hospital, but by five months, only 15% of babies are exclusively breastfed.
This is despite World Heath Organisation guidelines that recommend babies be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their life.
This week, we look into breastfeeding in Australia, especially in low-income suburbs. What extra help needs to be given? And how does society need to change?
Speakers:
Karrah & Cynthia – sisters from Sydney
Mary Renfrew – Professor of Mother and Infant Health at the University of Dundee, Scotland & key technology partner at the University of Technology Sydney
Susan Day – Vice President of the Australian Breastfeeding Association and a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor
Lisa Amir – GP and lactation consultant & Associate Professor, La Trobe University Melbourne
Julie Quinlivan – Head of the Clinical Senate, Western Australia
Image: Maja on Flickr.
