President Donald Trump's administration has pushed back at The New York Times and other news outlets for "claiming that the Trump administration has somehow called into question the importance of breastfeeding for infants."
Following the World Health Assembly in Geneva earlier in July, the Times described "the Trump administration's aggressive attempts to water down an international resolution supporting breast-feeding."
Two members of the administration wrote last week about the government's disappointment at "the misinformation spread about the events in Geneva."
"The administration fully endorses breastfeeding," wrote Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, and Alma Golden, deputy assistant administrator at the United States Agency for International Development, in an op-ed for the New York Post, "and the agencies where we work . . . communicate this unequivocally. That's why the US government supported unanimous consensus on the resolution on breastfeeding at the World Health Assembly, which plainly states that breastfeeding is optimal 'for child survival, nutrition, and development.'"
They note, "In this same resolution, we urged countries to do more to promote breastfeeding and requested that the World Health Organization assist countries in mobilizing resources to support nutrition for infants and young children.
"We don't just affirm these priorities in formal conference rooms in Geneva. For years, the U.S. government, under the leadership of both Republicans and Democrats, has invested millions of dollars to promote breastfeeding both at home and abroad. The Trump administration continues this effort."
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