Al-Ahsa
Today, at the King Abdulaziz Hospital of the National Guard in Al-Ahsa, the activities of the two-day Global Breastfeeding Week began.
The organizing committee subjected the attendees, whose number exceeded / 520 /, to a questionnaire that showed the lack of awareness of many about breastfeeding, and many discussions and inquiries took place on the subject of breastfeeding.
The breastfeeding consultant and health education and awareness specialist at King Abdulaziz Hospital and the organizer of these events, Zahra Al-Basri, indicated that the main goal of this event is to raise awareness and eliminate what is prevalent and wrong about breastfeeding, and the targets of it were National Guard employees and visitors who came to participate.
For his part, consultant children and intensive care for premature babies, Dr. Hammam Jamil Kandil, explained that UNICEF called for a return to breastfeeding since 1991, by developing ten simple medical advice, if applied, the rate of breastfeeding could improve significantly.
He said, "A group of health professionals at King Abdulaziz Hospital of the National Guard in Al-Ahsa will, for two days, organize a health awareness campaign for breastfeeding, the dangers of artificial breastfeeding, distribute educational leaflets and provide health offers", adding that among the problems that prevent breastfeeding are misunderstandings and habits. Social, including the belief prevalent among mothers after childbirth that she does not have enough milk and then resort to industrialists, which helped exacerbate the problem in addition to the availability of industrial and abundant even in stores that sell food.
