{"id":20186,"date":"2025-08-26T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=20186"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:12:21","slug":"breast-is-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/20186","title":{"rendered":"Breast is best\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20186\" class=\"elementor elementor-20186\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4237061 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4237061\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f375d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f375d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Breastfeeding is more than just a means of feeding \u2013 it is a lifeline that positively impacts the nation\u2019s health. <\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dcfcc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dcfcc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August) aims to promote and support breastfeeding globally, with the World Health Assembly (WHA) aiming to increase exclusive breastfeeding of infants up to the age of six months to 50% as part of its\u202fGlobal Action Plan to Address Malnutrition. This is especially critical in South Africa, where malnutrition and food insecurity is a major concern.<\/p><p>Recognising the challenges that working mothers face, AfroCentric has private, comfortable mother rooms\u202fequipped for nursing moms to breastfeed and express milk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b67886 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b67886\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Breasfeeding-1.jpg\" title=\"Breasfeeding\" alt=\"Breasfeeding\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20186?action=genpdf&amp;id=20186\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breastfeeding is more than just a means of feeding \u2013 it is a lifeline that positively impacts the nation\u2019s health. 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