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World Breastfeeding Week: the benefits for mum

  • Maha El Akoum
  • August 7, 2021
World breastfeeding week (WBW) is celebrated every year, worldwide from August 1-7. From 1992, WBW has been an annual celebration in promoting the health benefits of breastfeeding for infants, their…
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World Breastfeeding Week 2020 comes to Qatar

  • Joannah N Zimbe
  • August 12, 2020
by Joannah N Zimbe Breastfeeding saves nearly a million lives per year by reducing the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, according to World Health Organization. WHO calls on nations…
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Qatar mom starts campaign to try to ‘normalize’ breastfeeding

  • Victoria Scott
  • February 25, 2017
Carmen Inkpen said no one has ever given her a hard time for breastfeeding in public in Qatar. But she added she would often worry about offending someone given the country's penchant for modesty.
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Qatar plans new law to curb formula usage and promote breastfeeding

  • Riham Sheble and Victoria Scott
  • November 6, 2016
The draft law will ban advertising of formula milk in Qatar, forbid doctors from participating in conferences sponsored by infant milk companies and prevent free samples from being given out to mothers.
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Experts: Qatar must tackle low breastfeeding rate

  • Doha News Team
  • September 12, 2013
Qatar, which is home to the one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the region, must devise a national strategy to support and educate mothers, experts gathered at a symposium at…
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Study: Lacking support, few Qatari women breastfeeding their children

  • Doha News Team
  • August 5, 2013
Breastfeeding is not commonly practiced by most Qatari women, due to a lack of professional support and information about its benefits, research by Sidra Medical and Research Center has found.  Unicef…
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Doctor: Qatar should extend maternity leave for women for up to one year

  • Doha News Team
  • May 21, 2013
Doctor: Qatar should extend maternity leave for women for up to one year To facilitate the breastfeeding of infants, working mothers should be given six months to a year of…
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