Postpartum depression and stress diminish the likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding in SA
Breast milk plays a vital role in reducing child mortality. It has all the nutrients a baby needs in the first six months of life and its health benefits extend into adulthood. This is why organisations, like UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO), recommend exclusive breastfeeding – no other food or drink, not even water – for infants in this period.
A lot is still uncertain about breastfeeding practices in South Africa. Getty Images
Social security could make life better in South Africa after COVID-19
Injecting purchasing power into poor households will stimulate demand and assist economic recovery. Reimagining social security in South Africa is not only a humanitarian imperative and a means of achieving social justice, it makes economic sense. It is something that the country cannot afford not to do.
The country will take years to recover economically. Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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