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WHO advises breastfeeding amid tainted milk scandal
VietNamNet Bridge - Only 17 percent of Vietnamese infants were breast fed in the first six months of their life, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). It also said that 80 percent of...
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Few mothers breastfeed; awareness campaign launched
A mother breastfeeds her child in a waiting room at a hospital in Hanoi. Vietnam has launched a breastfeeding awareness campaign as over 80 percent of local children are not exclusively breastfed....
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Milking parents for their childrenâs worth
A store chock full of baby formula is located next door to a maternity clinic. Relentless marketing is a surefire formula for success, but children might pay the price for missing out on...
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Breast-fed boys do better at school: study
A baby bottle-fed in Ho Chi Minh City. Infants breast-fed for six months or longer, especially boys, perform better academically than bottle-fed children at school, a study has found. A new study has...
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Starting solid foods earlier linked to obesity risk
A two-week-old is held by his mother at The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado August 23, 2010 during a research study on obesity in infants. Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods...
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Lack of breastfeeding causes malnourishment in Vietnam
A mother breastfeeds her child in a waiting room at a hospital in Hanoi Poor breastfeeding has left seven million children under 5 years old undersized in Vietnam, the Health Ministry said in a report...
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Experts press Vietnamese mothers to breastfeed
A drastic decline in breastfeeding prompts concerns over the future of child development in Vietnam A doctor examines a child patient at a charity health program in the northern mountainous province...
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Breastfeeding: the key to healthy and happy children
I am a very lucky person. My mother breastfed me when I was baby – which was not very common in the 1950s in Sweden. I’ve breastfed both of my daughters – the youngest was reared on breast milk for...
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Vietnam plans to increase maternity leave to six months
Maternity leave in Vietnam may be extended from the current four months to six months to ensure better care for mother and child, according to a proposal by drafters of the amended Labor Code. Ha...
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Campaign promotes exclusive early breastfeeding in Vietnam
A photo on AsianScientist showing a mother and her baby. A new mass media campaign in Vietnam asks mothers to feed their babies early and exclusively with breast milk for at least the first six...
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