ESSOP position statement 2 – Breastfeeding
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Breastfeeding – ESSOP position statement 2
Prepared by Professor Gülbin Gökçay & endorsed by ESSOP Executive.
Published on ESSOP website in January 2008 and Child Care Health Dev.
It reviews the extent and effects of breastfeeding and child health and propose policy implications for child health professionals and action points for paediatric organisations.
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[…] The International Society of Social Pediatrics and Child Health (ISSOP), in concert with collaborating national and international societies of pediatrics (www.ISSOP.org), condemns in the most robust terms possible American officials’ attempts at the World Health Assembly to stop global collaboration to protect, promote and support breastmilk feeding. Breastmilk feeding is recognized as among the most effective health promoting measures to advance infant and child health. (https://www.issop.org/2008/02/01/essop-position-statement-2/) […]
[…] of World Breastfeeding Week, ISSOP re-affirms its support for Breastfeeding (breast milk feeding) (https://www.issop.org/2008/02/01/essop-position-statement-2/) as a key determinant of child health in all […]