The Ministry of Health has raised a concern over the huge drop in breastfeeding over the years as mothers turn to bottle feeding.
Permanent Secretary for Public Health, Mary Muthoni, who presided over the launch of World Breastfeeding Week at Rongo University, described the trend as worrying. "Statistics show that we have gone down in breastfeeding and have taken to bottle milk," PS Muthoni said.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, exclusive breastfeeding went down from 62 per cent in 2014 to 60 per cent in 2022.
Early initiation to breastfeeding also dropped to 61 per cent from 63 per cent.
