Postnatal care ‘needs greater focus’

Amidst a decline in the rate of mothers who are breastfeeding, a local paediatrician is advocating that more supportive workplace policies be made available to mothers in postnatal care.

According to paediatrician and executive director of the Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Foundation, Dr Alison Bernard, breastfeeding is crucial to postnatal care and offers various health benefits to both mother and child, however very few mothers in Barbados breastfeed exclusively.

“Less than 20...