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Saritha, 27, could not manage to exclusively breastfeed her sons — now aged four and eight — for the recommended first six months despite having normal institutional deliveries. She works as a domestic help in central Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar. Her husband drives for a ride-hailing platform and takes up odd jobs such as washing cars…
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Some truths are laced with tension. Commercial milk formula food, part of the multibillion-dollar baby food industry, are seen as economic growth planks, worthy of resource and recognition. It is another matter that the formula feeding frenzy is also linked to poor child and maternal health; it generates around 11-14 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions…
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A woman in the United States has been arrested after her girl child died while in bed with her. According to New York Post, this is the second time in four years that 21-year-old Aaliyah Lykins’ newborn baby died in the same bed. The incident took place in October last year, in Muncie, Indiana, the…
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