"One of the things we suggest is that during emergencies there are safe corners so that mothers can breast feed there, that they can receive counseling-one-to-one counseling, that they can have mothers' support groups so they can support each other,"
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At the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Susan Bradley has decided to breast-feed Michaela Rose, born Tuesday morning.
And at three months, 79% of the formula group was exclusively breast-feeding, significantly more than the 42% of moms in the group originally instructed to breast-feed.
And third, by failing to breast-feed, a mother in many parts of Africa is in effect announcing that she has the virus, and thus exposing herself to both stigma and discrimination.