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WATCH: Men in Tanzania are craving breastmilk and it s causing stunted growth in infants

Unusual: Tale of men who fight for a share of breast milk

Research suggests the habit is growing [Photo: Shutterstock] Jane’s husband likes breast milk. “He says he likes the taste of it, and that it helps him in terms of his health. He feels good afterward,” said the 20-year-old from Uganda, who has a six-month-old baby. Jane said her husband started asking for her milk the night she came home from the hospital after giving birth. “He said it was to help me with the milk flow. I felt it was OK.” Men drinking their partners’ breast milk is not uncommon in some areas of Uganda, and in parts of Tanzania and Kenya. It is now being linked to gender violence and coercive behavior and there are concerns over the impact on babies’ nutrition. Little was known about the practice until former Uganda state minister of health, Sarah Opendi, broke the silence in Parliament in 2018 and warned against “a growing culture of men demanding to suckle, which was becoming a problem for some breastfeeding mothers and their babies”.

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