Buri mwaka, kuva tariki ya 1 kugeza kuya 7 Kanama, isi yose yizihiza Icyumweru Mpuzamahanga cyahariye konsa (World Breastfeeding Week).
Iki cyumweru cyatangijwe ku bufatanye bw’Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (WHO), Ishami ryita ku Bana (UNICEF) hamwe n’umuryango World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA). Intego nyamukuru ni ugukangurira ababyeyi ndetse n’imiryango yose ko konsa umwana ari imwe mu nzira z’ingenzi zo kumurinda indwara no kumurinda imirire mibi.
Umwaka ku wundi, insanganyamatsiko z’iki cyumweru ziba zigamije gutanga ubutumwa bugaragaza akamaro k’amashereka nk’isoko y’ibiribwa byuzuye ku mwana, cyane cyane mu mezi atandatu ya mbere y’ubuzima. Abahanga mu buzima bemeza ko konsa neza umwana bimurinda indwara nyinshi ziterwa n’imirire mibi ndetse bikanafasha umubyeyi kugarura ubuzima nyuma yo kubyara.
Uyu munsi kandi ni umwanya wo guharanira ko abakoresha, ibigo byita ku buzima, ibigo by’amashuri n’imiryango yose, bashyigikira ababyeyi kugira ngo babashe konsa neza nta nkomyi. Aha harimo gutanga umwanya uhagije ku babyeyi bakora, kubona aho bakorera hafite umutekano n’isuku yo konsa cyangwa gukama amashereka, no guhabwa ubujyanama bw’umwuga.
Mu bihugu byinshi, iki cyumweru gikorwa mu buryo butandukanye: hatangwa ibiganiro mu bitangazamakuru, hakorwa ubukangurambaga mu bigo nderabuzima, ndetse hanatangwa amahugurwa ku bagore batwite n’ababyeyi bamaze kubyara kugira ngo basobanukirwe neza uburyo bwo konsa umwana neza kandi igihe kirekire.
Uyu munsi uributsa buri wese ko ubuzima bw’umwana bukomoka cyane ku maboko y’umubyeyi, kandi ko inkunga yose itangwa kugira ngo umubyeyi agire ubushobozi bwo konsa neza ari intambwe ikomeye mu kubaka umuryango muzima.