Despite numerous global initiatives on breast-feeding, trend data show exclusive breast-feeding (EBF) rates have stagnated over the last two decades....
Family-friendly policies that protect and promote breastfeeding are an investment in the health, development and future prosperity of children, women...
Millions of mothers around the world stop breastfeeding before they want to because they do not get the support and time they need to continue. This...
In emergencies, breastfeeding remains the safest, most nutritious and reliable food source for infants under the age of six months. Breastfeeding in...
In 2012, the 176 members of the World Health Assembly endorsed the first-ever global nutrition targets, focusing on six areas: stunting, anemia, low...
A general guide to the International Code that clearly explains each provision with annotation, and integrates main points of all subsequent relevant...
The Business Case for Breastfeeding is a comprehensive program designed to educate employers about the value of supporting breastfeeding employees in...
Aimed for use in diverse country contexts, this package of tools guides local adaptation, design, planning and implementation of community based IYCF...
The implementation plan aims to alleviate the double burden of malnutrition in children,starting from the earliest stages of development. Substantial...
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This report presents the global situation of early initiation of breastfeeding and describes trends over the past ten years. Drawing from an analysis...
This report provides a global status update on infant and young child feeding practices and puts forth recommendations for improving them. The report...
WHO began the Global Data Bank on Breastfeeding in 1991 as part of its monitoring and surveillance activities. Since then the Data Bank has undergone...
This policy brief introduces health system, community and policy level interventions needed to reach the target of 50% breastfeeding exclusivity for...
This guideline examines the evidence and makes recommendations and remarks on the implementation of some of the details of breastfeeding counselling,...
This assessment tool is designed to assist in gathering and presenting relevant information; in determining the strengths and weaknesses of national...
The purpose of this guideline and associated resources are to provide a recommendation to guide governments, ministries of health, policy-makers and...
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The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes is an international health policy framework for breastfeeding promotion adopted by the...
Joint statement by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, Right to Health, the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in law and in...
This brief operationalizes the revised World Health Organization 2016 antenatal care recommendations, providing guidance on how programs can plan and...
These reports provide information on the status of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant...
This study used in-depth interviews with pregnant women, lactating women, and nonlactating women to gain an understanding of behaviors, perceptions,...
The overall purpose of this guideline is to improve the HIV-free survival of HIV-exposed infants by providing guidance on appropriate infant feeding...
