Why Breast is Still Best #WorldBreastFeedingWeek

"Breast milk offers all the antibodies a baby needs; some 823,000 child deaths could be prevented each year by near universal breastfeeding, yet marketing companies' outlays dwarf public health budgets to promote breastfeeding," says a report by Save the Children.

Protesting moms made a point of breastfeeding their babies outside Kenya's parliamentary precincts (file photo).

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