Gambia: '48 Percent of Children Exclusively Breastfed' - Health Minister

[Foroyaa] Minister Saffie Lowe-Ceesay said in the Gambia, 99% of young children are breastfed; that 52% are breastfed within an hour of birth and that 48% are exclusively-breastfed up to the time they are weaned. The Health Minister made these remarks at the 25th annual celebration of World Breastfeeding Day, as the Gambia joined the international community on 2nd August 2017, to celebrate the day at a local Hotel in the Senegambia area. The theme for this year's celebration was: "Sustaining breastfeeding Together"
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - Category: OBGYN Source Type: news