Reuters/Adrees Latif Chantell Witten, North-West University South Africa has a long history of promoting breastfeeding as an important part of promoting child health in the country. Even during the height of apartheid, the health fraternity acknowledged the need to keep breastfeeding at the forefront of children’s development. The first breastfeeding campaign was launched in October 1987. Several other […]
Nelson Mandela International Day–also known as Mandela Day–is celebrated annually in South Africa on the 18th of July. Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each person has the power to transform the world and the ability to make an impact. Each individual is asked to take 67 minutes from […]
The World Breastfeeding Conference will be held at Birchwood Hotel near OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg from 11th to 14th of December 2016. To register, visit the website: www.worldbreastfeedingconference.org/home.html SACSoWACH will be holding a CSO consultation workshop on 14th December 2016: “the role of Civil Society in tackling societal and cultural barriers to exclusive breastfeeding“. Please check the programme brochure for the […]
The promotion of universal exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is widely recognised as the most effective component of child survival strategies. The multiple advantages of breastfeeding have been well documented. However, South Africa (SA) has among the lowest EBF rates in Africa and the world at large, with only 7% of mothers exclusively breastfeeding for six months and, linked to this, a […]
In the build up towards the 2nd World Breastfeeding Conference to be held in South Africa in December, later this year, we have the pleasure to invite students, artists and photographers to participate in the National Art Competition in celebration of breastfeeding, themed “Babies need Mom-Made, not Man-Made”. The competition is organized by the South […]
World Breastfeeding Week is a vibrant global movement for action to promote, protect and support breastfeeding by anyone, anywhere and at anytime. It expands and connects the power of one with the power of many. Only by working together can we make the change we need. WBW2017 celebrates working together for the common good, which […]
World breastfeeding week is taking place from 1 – 7 August 2016. This year’s WBW theme is Breastfeeding: a key to Sustainable Development. 2016 commemorates the start of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A broad approach using the sustainability theme is thus relevant and inclusive. It will enable the breastfeeding movement (and beyond) to connect […]
Nestlé is the target of a boycott because it contributes to the unnecessary death and suffering of infants around the world by aggressively marketing baby foods in breach of international marketing standards. If you want to know why there is a boycott and how you can get involved, read our Boycott overview. Read more: Nestlé boycott, a […]
On November 16, South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Motsoaledi launched the South African CSO Coalition for Newborn, Child, Adolescent, Women’s and Maternal Health Services (SACSoWACH) at the national World Prematurity Day celebrations. “I welcome the coalition as it has a critical role to play in mobilising communities and supporting our prevention efforts. I invite […]
R130 billion in the current budget would have to be re-allocated, the rest will come from other sources like the IMF, World Bank, African Development Bank and BRICS Bank. On hunger – millions of South Africans are struggling to survive. Poverty and food insecurity have deepened dramatically. There will be a temporary Coronavirus Grant. R50billion […]