A drastic decline in breastfeeding prompts concerns over the future of child development in Vietnam
On July 8, Tran Thanh Tuyen, 20, gave birth at Hung Vuong Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
The doctors gave her a series of antibiotic injections after a caesarean section. As a result, she only began producing milk four days after delivery. Her infant daughter was fed a popular brand of formula that her grandmother bought from one of the many formula shops that surround the hospital, for the first six days of her life.
Now she alternates between formula (during the day) and breast milk (at night) due to low milk production.
Tuyen plans to drastically reduce her child’s breast milk intake once she returns to work, in the next few months. The young mother said she didn’t know that researchers have overwhelmingly found that a whole breast milk diet is far better for a child’s development and strength.
No one had ever told her.
International NGOs and health experts have called for further efforts to hem in a sprawling formula trade and to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding.
Around 1.5 million babies have been born each year in Vietnam – a country of about 86 million people.
Yen vietyen sao to yen Cong dung yen sao nuoc yen mua yen sao
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