Breastfeeding And Lung Function At School Age: Does Maternal Asthma Modify the Effect?

Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in Switzerland and the UK. “In our cohort of school age children, breastfeeding was associated...

Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho Officially Launches Children’s Protection And Welfare Act

Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho has officially launched the Children’s Protection and Welfare Act 2011 as well as the start of World Breastfeeding week, marked annually on the first week of August. How People Arrived Here: childrens protection...

New Research Reveals First-time Mums have the Most Questions Five Months And One Week After Giving Birth

New research released today has shown that, after the understandable flurry in the first eight weeks of motherhood, the period when first-time mums have the most questions about their babies’ development can be pin-pointed to five months and one week...

Seychelles Hospital Seeking “baby-friendly” Status

The Seychelles Health Ministry has launched a committee to ensure that Victoria Hospital maternity unit is certified by the World Health Organization as baby friendly.