Salma
HyaakHayek goeswent to Africa with UNICEF. She's helping UNICEF raise money for a 79 cent immunization for the children of this community. She actually
gets to breastfeed a
malnurishedmalnourished 1 week old child
whomwho is
starving,starving; it is so sweet. These women with children, their husbands discourage them from breastfeeding
theretheir babies because the men
beleivebelieve they cannot have sexual relations with a breastfeeding woman, so their children literally starve to death and also miss out on all the antibodies that breastfeeding gives a baby to survive. One immunization given to a mother will protect her unborn child and future children and give them immunity to
tetinus.tetanus. This is so sad, but it puts this horrible bacteria into perspective.
iSierra Leone has the highest infant and child death rate in the world. One in five children die before reaching their fifth birthday and
visittetanus whileis a
newbornbig contributor dies-- 21 percent of
tetinusall infant deaths are related to tetanus. Check
itout out!the video!http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6804291&page=1