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Across Kenya, mothers continue to embrace breastfeeding as a vital source of nutrition, comfort and bonding, even as workplace demands, myths, stigma and inadequate support threaten the journey.
The weeks after childbirth are often centred on the newborn, yet they are just as critical for the mother's physical and emotional wellbeing
For close to one year, the staff’s lactation room at Nakuru Level Five Hospital has become almost like a kitchen to Mercy Wanjiru.
Calls for stronger support for breastfeeding through better workplace policies, healthcare and community action to improve maternal and child health.
Gregory Ekidit was mocked and given nicknames such as “counsellor wa wamama (women’s counsellor),” while others thought he was wooing their wives.
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