Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, has launched the 2021 World Breast-feeding Week under the theme “protect breast-feeding as a shared responsibility”.

Addressing the press, Chiponda says breast-feeding gives children the healthiest start to life.

She has encouraged mother’s to exclusively breast-feed without any other food or water for the first six months.

Chiponda has called on stakeholders to encourage mothers who have tested positive to Covid-19 to continue breast-feeding while observing the preventive measures.