The Tshwane declaration of support for breastfeeding in South Africa

Abstract

We, the participants of the national breastfeeding consultative meeting, including Minister of Health, Deputy Minister of Health, members of executive council (MECs), director generals (DGs), heads of departments (HODs), health managers and workers, experts, academics, traditional leaders and traditional health practitioners, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), held at the St George Hotel, Gauteng, on 22-23 August 2011 ...