| Get Into It! Spring - Summer 2008 |
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Gaining momentum for the breastfeeding movement
Going strong for thirteen years, World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) was organized to revitalize and recover the practice of breastfeeding. Possibly the greatest outreach vehicle for the breastfeeding movement, WBW is celebrated today in over 120 countries. This year’s theme – Breastfeeding and Family Foods: LOVING and HEALTHY – aims to promote the value of continuing to breastfeed children to two years or beyond and also raise awareness of the risks and costs of introducing other foods and drinks to breastfed babies before six months – strengthening support for babies to receive at least six months of exclusive breastfeeding.
World Breastfeeding Week is officially celebrated August 1 to 7 but different events are celebrated throughout the year for success in the different countries. For information about events going on in your community, contact the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action at (604) 658-4816 or visit www.waba.org.my.
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What's On?
CNN Special: Blacks in America
"Somebody who saw that special will be looking at me now, thinking that I am probably pregnant with twins for a man whose name I don’t know and looking to the welfare system to support me because it is obvious that a black man never would, right?!"