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The Big Latch On 2014 was held in New Zealand on 1st and 2nd of August, 2014. This was another record breaking year, with 1,628 latches – up 13.8% from the previous year!
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Global Big Latch On
Participating countries | 31 |
Individual locations | 826 |
Breastfeeding children | 13,798 |
Data from biglatchon.org
Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal for Life!
In 2014 the World Breastfeeding Week theme was “Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal for Life!“. This theme “asserts the importance of increasing and sustaining the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding – in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) countdown, and beyond”. Read more here!
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