A public consultation meeting about the National Breastfeeding Policy will be held at the end of the month, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne said.

The meeting will be held on August 29 at 9.30am at the Hotel Phoenicia, in Floriana. It forms part of a wider consultation process launched in June.

The consultation document – meant to cover the period 2014 to 2020 – aims to build on the target set in the 2000 National Breastfeeding Policy of securing 90 per cent ex­clusive breastfeeding on discharge from hospital and 80 per cent at four months old.

Anyone interested in attending the public consultation meeting can send an e-mail to health.pro@gov.mt or phone 2326 6000.

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