World Nutrition (Jun 2022)

Breastfeeding promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic in northeastern Brazil

  • Brena Carvalho Pinto de Melo, MD, PhD,
  • Glaucia Virgínia de Queiroz Lins Guerra, MD, PhD,
  • Judith Correa, MD,
  • Dafne Barcala, MD, MsC,
  • Leila Katz, MD, PhD,
  • Vilneide Maria Santos Braga Diégues Serva, MD, MsC

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26596/wn.202213257-61
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2

Abstract

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Early COVID-19 delivery room reports routinely described maternal and neonatal physical distancing, in both confirmed or suspected cases. Immediately, breastfeeding experts expressed their concern for the potential catastrophic consequences of such separation, with great potential for breastfeeding discontinuity, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In this manuscript, we report a positive experience of early breastfeeding promotion and maintenance in labour and delivery room, from the time of the first cases of COVID-19, confirmed or suspected, at a Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) and tertiary teaching hospital in Recife, in the northeastern region of Brazil.

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