World Breastfeeding Week

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) The Middle East and North Africa region has witnessed a steady increase in the rate of exclusive breastfeeding since 1990 and parallel success in infant mortality reduction in the last 10 years.  Yet, despite the advances, the latest available figures reveal that only a modest 38 percent of infants in the region are exclusively breastfed from birth until their sixth month of age a figure barely above the global average of 36 percent but equal to the present performance in East Asia and the Pacific. On the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

(Jordan Times - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania on declared Jamil Tutounji Hospital in Sahab a baby-friendly hospital as part of ongoing activities marking World Breastfeeding Week.  This brings the number of baby-friendly hospitals in Jordan to six, according to a UNICEF statement. The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative is an accreditation process that requires a hospital to reach specific standards related to the 10 Steps for Successful Breastfeeding, which include helping mothers to initiate breastfeeding within the first hour of life and guiding them on how to breastfeed. During a visit t