Breastfeeding under Israel's bombs, with Sandra Adler Killen

Sandra Adler Killen, an emergency and pediatric nurse and an international board-certified lactation consultant, speaks to The Electronic Intifada Podcast from Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.

Killen works with the medical solidarity organization Glia in collaboration with the Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance, a Scotland-based group focused on breastfeeding support.

In March, a United Nations Commission of Inquiry declared that Israel has systematically destroyed sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities across Gaza, which are war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Under airstrikes, drone attacks, tank fire and more than six weeks of closures of all crossings into Gaza, cutting off all access to medications and medical supplies, food, fuel and other basic essentials, the state of women’s health is rapidly deteriorating.

For breastfeeding mothers in particular, it can be a challenge to keep their children nourished with an adequate milk supply while experiencing displacement and trauma.

In June 2024, the UN found that, “among households with lactating mothers, 55 percent reported health conditions impeding their ability to breastfeed and 99 percent reported difficulties developing enough breastmilk.”

Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/breastfeeding-under-israeli-bombs

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