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Read more about the article Breastfeeding advocacy through support groups in Davao pushed
BREASTFEEDING ADVOCACY. Mothers from different areas in Davao region join the Breastfeeding Peer Counselors Training organized by the Breastfeeding Pinays from May 20 to May 21, 2017 at the Bahay ni Tuding, San Pedro Street in Davao City. Joining them in a posterity photo are (standing row from L-R) Lactation massage expert Rechilda Talle (6th), Velvet Escario Roxas, program director and founding administrator of BFP (8th), Noelle Polack, BFP administrator and organizer of the Davao-leg training (10th) and seated on the floor is Atty. Abie Co Floreza, president of the BFP. (Photo by Breastfeeding Pinays)

Breastfeeding advocacy through support groups in Davao pushed

A recent nationwide survey shows that only 34 percent of Filipino infants younger than six months are exclusively breastfed and an alarming 36 percent were fed in infant formula, according to a World Health Organization report that assessed breastfeeding in the country.

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Read more about the article Why women workers need lactation stations inside the workplace
Engineers Lynith Datukon and April Salazar pose outside the new lactation facility at the Ateneo De Davao University along Roxas Avenue, Davao City. The university opened their first lactation facility on Monday, April 10, ,2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Why women workers need lactation stations inside the workplace

Alex Hao, founding member of LATCH Davao said: “The space is not just space but an acknowledgment not only of work life balance, but maternal and child health priorities.”

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Read more about the article IN PHOTOS| Manila Mayor Erap Estrada is ‘ninong’ to Duterte’s grandson
Former President and currently City Mayor of Manila, Joseph Estrada (2nd to the left) is one of the grandparents for the youngest grandson of President Rodrigo Duterte. The baptismal ceremony was held Thursday morning at the St. Francis of Assissi Parish in Maa, Davao City. (City Information Office)

IN PHOTOS| Manila Mayor Erap Estrada is ‘ninong’ to Duterte’s grandson

Former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada was one of the grandparents invited to witness the christening of the youngest son of City Mayor Sara Duterte.

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