Why don’t more women breastfeed?
If you’ve been keeping up with our blog the past few days, you already know that we’re celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. We’ve discussed the health benefits to mother and infant of breastfeeding, the needs of HIV positive mothers who are breastfeeding, and HAI’s...
HIV and Breastfeeding: Challenges and the way forward
Welcome back to our series for World Breastfeeding Week! So far we’ve covered the basics of breastfeeding as well as some of the main issues that women face in one of HAI’s countries, Timor-Leste. Today we’ll swing around the world to two other HAI countries, Côte...
Notes from the Field: Breastfeeding in Timor-Leste
As we continue to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, former Health Alliance International intern Jee Kim sat down with Mary Anne Mercer, HAI’s Senior Maternal and Child Health Advisor. JK: Is it common to see women breastfeeding in public spaces in...