Around the globe, 823,000 child deaths could be prevented annually with appropriate breastfeeding. Formula makers continue to defy a 40-year-old international code on marketing their product.
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Most women want to breastfeed, but many struggle to start and to continue. Here are five ways to make it easier.
Domperidone raises levels of prolactin, which increases the production of breast milk. It’s safe for mothers and babies, but not all women will experience the same increase in milk volume.
It may have been a cultural tradition to use tempera paint that contained traces of milk on bodies according to a discovery at Sibudu Caves in KwaZulu Natal.
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Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
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Channel 7 CRF Fellow in Medicines Use and Safety, Flinders University
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Honorary Professor, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Adelaide University
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Public Health Registrar & Senior Research Fellow (Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health), Burnet Institute
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Director (Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), Burnet Institute
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Associate Professor and Director of Global Public Health and Community Health, Johns Hopkins University