The share of blended feeding for infants – breastmilk and formulation – has risen from 65.7 per cent in 2010 to 88.3 per cent in 2022 and Cyprus’ nationwide technique for rising breastfeeding for the years 2024 to 2027 is about to go.
The nationwide technique gives the chance for everybody’s involvement, to the advantage of kids and their moms, in addition to society as an entire.
The well being ministry mentioned October was breastfeeding month and this 12 months’s slogan in Cyprus was ‘Closing the hole: Supporting breastfeeding for all’.
Cyprus’ nationwide coverage was based mostly on the ten steps of WHO and Unicef, supporting moms to begin breastfeeding as quickly as attainable after giving beginning, ideally throughout the first hour.
Supporting moms to do that is taken into account of utmost significance, as is facilitating breastfeeding till the kid is a minimum of six months’ previous.
After the sixth month, supplementary meals may be launched, with the goal to assist moms breastfeed till the kid is 2 or older.
To attain this, it was essential to create a breastfeeding-friendly atmosphere in society, in order that moms might breastfeed the place they dwell and work.
