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Asp Ragusa, initiatives on the occasion of the breastfeeding week from 1 to 7 October

The Breastfeeding Team – ASP of Ragusa – adheres to the initiatives planned by the Sicilian Region on the occasion of the Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 October 2022.

Various initiatives have been put in place – on the occasion of the Breastfeeding Week – throughout the province. The program can be viewed and downloaded on the ASP website:

https://www.asp.rg.it/news/2644-settimana-dell-allattamento-al-seno-1-7-ottobre-2022.html

The objective of the Breastfeeding Week is to raise public awareness on the importance and value of breastfeeding, as a simple, economical and effective preventive action that fully satisfies the nutritional needs of the baby in the first six months, it strengthens the emotional bond between mother and child, and in addition it has beneficial effects for the mother, proven by scientific evidence.

The World Health Organization, Unicef ​​and medical associations around the world recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, followed by complementary breastfeeding for up to two years and beyond.

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