‘Insidious campaign’: experts flag high baby formula sales despite ‘breast being best’
Formula is lucrative in SA while the country has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding on the continent
01 August 2022 - 20:44
SA has one of the lowest rates of exclusive breastfeeding for infants on the continent though babies who are exclusively breastfed are 14 times more likely to survive to six months than those who are fed formula...
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