seven policy actions

  • Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
    Updated: March 04, 2019

    Advocacy Guidance Brief - Monitoring

    This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief on the monitoring the progress of breastfeeding practices, policies, programmes, and funding.

    Governments, policy makers and civil society can help ensure that national and global breastfeeding standards are met by strengthening country-level monitoring of breastfeeding practices, policies, programmes, and funding. Better monitoring and reporting systems are key to improving breastfeeding and health outcomes and to giving all children the healthiest start in life.

  • Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
    Updated: July 26, 2019

    Advocacy Guidance Brief - Paid leave & Workplace Policies

    This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief for enacting paid leave and workplace breastfeeding policies.
     
    Political leaders and employers can improve economic and health outcomes by expanding paid family leave. Advocating for parental leave is advocating for children to have the healthiest possible start to life and to grow up to be stronger, smarter, and more productive. Together, we can ensure all mothers and families have the support they need for optimal health and productivity.
  • Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
    Updated: March 04, 2019

    Advocacy Guidance Brief - Funding

    This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief on increasing investment in programmes and policies that protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.

    Breastfeeding is a smart investment that saves lives and benefits the economy. The current global level of investment is not enough to substantially increase and sustain breastfeeding rates. Governments and political leaders should invest in comprehensive strategies and social policies that protect, promote, and support breastfeeding to ensure the health and prosperity of generations to come.

  • Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
    Updated: March 04, 2019

    Advocacy Guidance Brief - Health Facilities & Community Linkages

    This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief on strengthening linkages between health facilities and the community.

    Helping mothers gain access to breastfeeding support at the community level will require strong alliances between government, civil society and community-based organizations. Together, we can ensure that health facilities and communities are equipped to provide every newborn with the healthiest start in life.

  • Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
    Updated: March 04, 2019

    Advocacy Guidance Brief - Skilled Breastfeeding Counselling

    The Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief on skilled breastfeeding counselling.

    Enabling mothers to access quality breastfeeding counselling will require strong alliances between government, civil society, and health profession associations. Together, we can ensure that health workers have the skills to give every newborn the healthiest possible start in life.

  • Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
    Updated: March 04, 2019

    Advocacy Guidance Brief - Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative

    This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief on the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative.

    Realizing the full potential of the BFHI will require strong alliances between government, civil society, health professional associations, and other stakeholders. Together, we can ensure that every maternity facility gives its mothers and newborns an opportunity to start their breastfeeding relationship out right.

  • Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
    Updated: March 04, 2019

    Advocacy Guidance Brief - International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

    This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief for the implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes.

    Governments, political leaders, and health care providers all have a role to play in improving health outcomes by strengthening, monitoring, and enforcing national Code legislation. Strong regulations on the marketing of BMS ensure that parents can make informed decisions about how to feed their children so that children receive the full benefits of breastfeeding.