The country`s public health facilities have safely delivered 1708 healthy babies this year on Christmas day as compared to 1414 delivered in 2022. This number consists of 840 baby boys and 868 baby girls.
The Department of Health congratulates the health workers, especially the midwives for successful and safe delivery of these bundles of joy, and wishes all parents, including more than 145 teen mothers all the best throughout parenting journey.
The department is scaling up human milk banking for survival and healthy growth for babies born to mothers who are unable to breastfeed to ensure no baby is deprived nutritious breastmilk.
Number of newborns per province:
Eastern Cape - 221
North West - 121
KwaZulu-Natal - 255
Limpopo - 209
Mpumalanga - 161
Free State - 76
Western Cape - 231
Northern Cape - 47
Gauteng - 387
TOTAL 1708
For more information and media enquiries, please contact:
Mr Foster Mohale
Departmental Spokesperson
National Health Department
Cell: 0724323792
E-mail: Foster.mohale@health.gov.za
Mr Doctor Tshwale
Media Liaison Officer for Health Minister
National Health Department
Cell: 063 657 8487
E-mail: Doctor.tshwale@health.gov.za
