New Guidance: 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
WHO and UNICEF issued Wednesday new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children…
How Breastmilk Reduces a Child’s Risk of Death
According to UNICEF, 77 million newborns globally are not breastfed within first hour of life and delayed breastfeeding increases risk of newborn deaths by up to 80 per cent. Some 77 million newborns – or 1 in 2 – are…
Laws to Protect Breastfeeding Inadequate: Report
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals the status of national laws to protect and promote breastfeeding. Of the 194 countries analysed in the report, 135 have in…
Vitamin World and Vitamin Angels to Help End Undernutrition
Vitamin World, a leading health and wellness company, has announced that it will hold a two month-long fundraising campaign for Vitamin Angels to support the nonprofit in the fight against undernutrition in the U.S. and around the world. Throughout the…
World Breastfeeding Week: 1–7 August 2015
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration signed in August 1990 by government…
















