Jakarta, Kompas.com Nafsiah Mboi-Minister of health prohibiting the health workforce, especially midwives and doctors encourage the use of infant formula for babies. Instead, they are asked to encourage the granting of exclusive BREAST FEEDING.
Because milk ad a, Indonesia formul bad coverage giving BREAST MILK ekslusifnya, said Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi, in the presence of 130 national-level health worker model 2012, Wednesday (15/8). Based on the results of Health Research Foundation (Riskesdas) in 2010, granting exclusive coverage of BREAST MILK baby 0-5 months amounted to 27.2 percent. If viewed in more detail, the granting of exclusive BREAST FEEDING in infants aged 5 months even just 15.3 percent.
Been takan Nafsiah then, still getting reports of midwives-midwife who has close cooperation with manufacturers of milk to help sales of infant formula. It's a sin. Our sins (health worker – red) if that babies do not get BREAST MILK, he said.
Nafsiah said, if there are mothers who breastfeed her baby, the difficulty for the health workforce should be wholeheartedly and wherever possible to help the mother to be able to breastfeed. Promises, Yes. Who gives the formulas before helping the mother to give BREAST MILK, I unplug them later, said his appreciation of applause greeted the Nafsiah health workforce.
Giving breast milk exclusively (without food and beverage) took place during the six months since the birth of the baby. After that, the baby still got BREAST MILK feeding with other companion. Holds food companion Nafsiah, nor do they need to be BREAST MILK infant formula.
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