Overview

• World Health Organization and UNICEF officially launched World Breastfeeding Week on August 1 under the theme “Building Sustainable Support Systems.”
• Jujuy’s Directorate of Maternity, Childhood and Adolescence is hosting daily sensitization sessions and virtual consultations throughout August to inform and support mothers.
• Guadalajara’s Gran Tetada, organized by the Asociación de Cuidadores Perinatales, is set for August 3 with over 2,000 participants expected to normalize public breastfeeding.
• Mexico’s exclusive breastfeeding rate stood at just 33.6% in 2022, well below the 70% target outlined in the UN’s 2030 Agenda.
• Health advocates are urging lawmakers to extend the current 90-day maternity leave and require more workplace lactation facilities to sustain breastfeeding practices.