Lactation would reduce maternal and infant deaths by 21%

Breastfeeding, in addition to significantly reducing the possible health complications of the newborn, reduces by 30% postnatal bleeding, one of the three leading causes of maternal mortality that this year is over with the lives of 88 women in the country.

According to Dr. Hilda Cruz, deputy director of the first level of care of the National Health Service (SNS), colostrum is a kind of natural antibiotic that, thanks to its immunoglobulin load, protects babies from getting sick. infections, one of the leading causes of neonatal deaths, which was 1,659 at June 30.

The specialist points out that the infant mortality rate can be reduced by only 21% by raising this indicator.

For these reasons, the specialist understands that this practice should be encouraged by medical staff and be protected in all health facilities, both public and private, as established by law 08-95 on the promotion, support and protection of badfeeding.

However, the reality is different, since private clinics families are brought to consume infant formula from the moment of birth, with the separation of the baby from his mother after childbirth and the following day. feeding with substitutes. For Dr. Cruz, it's nothing more than a form of violence against a woman's right to feed her child in the most healthy way.

Prohibit the donation of milk

Based on that In reality, the SNS, in the management of Chanel Rosa Chupany, banned the donation of milk samples in public hospitals, as well as the visit of promoters of infant formula and the creation of disciplinary committees to apply the sanctions provided for by the law. It dates from the year 1995 and its conformity is practically nil.

Dr. Cruz recalled that in maternity wards or clinics, there should be an explicit or implicit promotion of infant formula, not to mention encouraging bottles, lunatics and the like

Although the fact giving bad helps to regain the initial weight of the mother before becoming pregnant, this reduces the effects of osteoporosis after pregnancy. 40 years, has a protective effect against cancer of the cervical uterus, strengthens family ties and contributes to the family economy, only 4.7% of Dominicans badfeed exclusively up to six months, according to the Endesa investigation.

Concern for Neonatal Deaths

The President of the Dominican Pediatric Society has expressed concern about the "embarrbading" figures that the country is showing regarding neonatal mortality and badfeeding maternal, this in relation to the country of the region. Edgar Alan Vargas lamented that the Dominican Republic has, for several years, been in second place in the Americas and fifty-first place in the world, because of the high number of newborn deaths.