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"It has been two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our region 🌎 has been disproportionally impacted by the pandemic. With more than 2.6 million lives lost, we reported the most #COVID19 deaths out of any other Region in the world", @DirOPSPAHO https://t.co/ENK0AB8faI
More than 1 in 3 women surveyed in 8 countries said a health worker 👩🏽⚕️ had recommended a specific brand of formula milk 🍼 to them.
Health workers in all countries had been approached by the industry to influence their recommendations to new mothers.
In Latin America and the Caribbean 🌎, an average of 37% of children under 6 months are exclusively breastfed, ranging from 2.8% in Suriname to 68.4% in Peru.
Global #breastfeeding rates have increased very little in the past two decades, while sales of formula milk 🍼📈 have more than doubled in roughly the same time.
Most pregnant women 🤰🏾 surveyed expressed a strong desire to breastfeed exclusively.
However, a sustained flow of misleading marketing messages reinforces myths about #breastfeeding & breast milk, undermining women’s confidence in their ability to breastfeed successfully. https://t.co/4EazCEPVqM
