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UNICEF committed to supporting breastfeeding in Laos

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has pledged to attach greater importance to breastfeeding promotion efforts in Laos, the Lao News Agency (KPL) reported on Thursday.

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Chinese mothers hold flash mob to promote breastfeeding

Nearly200ChinesemothersstagedaflashmobonabeachinFuzhou,FujianProvinceonSaturdaytopromotebreastfeeding.TheflashmobwasheldontheNationalBreastfeedingAwarenessDayan

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LatAm countries organize public breastfeeding events to promote benefits of mother's milk

Latin American countries have organized public breastfeeding events this week to commemorate World Breastfeeding Week from Aug. 1 to 7.

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Hong Kong mum angry at nurses scolding her for breastfeeding ... in a hospital

Discrimination against feeding mothers is still common, and even happened in a hospital trying to achieve Baby Friendly Hospital accreditation; mother uses incident to initiate dialogue about change

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Youngest child most likely to miss out on breastfeeding: research

​A woman's education level and the number of children affect breastfeeding, according to research results from Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) released on Tuesday.

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"Archaic" rules changed to allow female Aussie MPs to breastfeed in parliament

Female Australian MPs will from Tuesday be allowed to breastfeed in the House of Representatives, after standing orders banning "guests" in the chamber were revised to exclude children of breastfeeding age.

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Hong Kong restaurants say 'yes' to breastfeeding mothers

First-time mother Yvonne Lam Ho-yi didn’t expect she would have to hide in order to breastfeed her newborn son in public.

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Breastfeeding associated with babies' better health

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for more support for breastfeeding in the advent of the World Breastfeeding Week 2013 which is to be celebrated from Aug. 1 to 7.